“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the unde...”
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“We love the things we love for what they are.”
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“These woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.”
“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
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“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
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“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
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“A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.”
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“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of hate To say th...”
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“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
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“If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.”
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“Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.”
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“Freedom lies in being bold.”
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“The best way out is always through.”
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“Poetry is what gets lost in translation.”
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“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”
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“Always fall in with what you're asked to accept.... My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.”
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“You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.”
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“Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich.”
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“I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old.”
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