Robert Frost quotes

Robert Frost was an American poet celebrated for his vivid depictions of rural life and mastery of conversational language. His poems often explore themes of nature, human emotion, and the complexities of choice. He became one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century and received multiple Pulitzer Prizes for his work. Here are 356 of his quotes:

In three words, I can sum up everything I know about life it goes on. (Robert Frost)
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. View quote
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The only way round is through. View quote
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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age. View quote
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The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. View quote
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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. View quote
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The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. View quote
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Poetry is what is lost in translation. View quote
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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down. View quote
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We love the things we love for what they are. View quote
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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. (Robert Frost)
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. View quote
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A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. View quote
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. View quote
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Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. View quote
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Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with. View quote
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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. View quote
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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. View quote
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A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. View quote
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Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. View quote
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The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. (Robert Frost)
My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane. View quote
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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. View quote
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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me. View quote
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Hell is a half-filled auditorium. View quote
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Robert Frost

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: March 26, 1874
Died: January 29, 1963
Quotes count: 356
Wikipedia: Robert Frost

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