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Robert Frost

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Robert Frost, one of America’s most celebrated poets, beautifully captured the rhythms of nature and the nuances of everyday life. His quotes reflect his deep insight, contemplative wisdom, and ability to find meaning in ordinary moments. Together, they offer timeless reflections on life, choices, and the enduring connection between humanity and the natural world.

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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Topic: Philosophical
Robert Frost
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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I'd like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth's the right place for love:
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
From Birches
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
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We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Topic: Funny, Religion
Robert Frost
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I have miles to go before I sleep
Topic: Motivational
Robert Frost
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And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean-
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition.
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Topic: Other
Robert Frost
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A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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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.
From Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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The best way out is always through.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Topic: Funny
Robert Frost
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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The mind-is not the heart.
I may yet live, as I know others live,
To wish in vain to let go with the mind-
Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me
That I need learn to let go with the heart.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Topic: Education
Robert Frost
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We love the things we love for what they are.
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
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Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
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I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Topic: Education, Inspirational
Robert Frost
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Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Topic: Happiness
Robert Frost
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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Topic: Philosophical
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
I'd like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth's the right place for love:
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
From Birches
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Topic: Funny, Religion
Robert Frost
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I have miles to go before I sleep
Topic: Motivational
Robert Frost
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And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean-
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition.
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Topic: Other
Robert Frost
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A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
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.
From Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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The best way out is always through.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
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It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Topic: Funny
Robert Frost
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
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Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
The mind-is not the heart.
I may yet live, as I know others live,
To wish in vain to let go with the mind-
Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me
That I need learn to let go with the heart.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Topic: Education
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
We love the things we love for what they are.
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Topic: Education, Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Topic: Happiness
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
Topic: Philosophical
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
I'd like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth's the right place for love:
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
From Birches
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Topic: Funny, Religion
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
I have miles to go before I sleep
Topic: Motivational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean-
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition.
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Topic: Other
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
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.
From Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
The best way out is always through.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Topic: Funny
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
The mind-is not the heart.
I may yet live, as I know others live,
To wish in vain to let go with the mind-
Of cares, at night, to sleep; but nothing tells me
That I need learn to let go with the heart.
Topic: Life
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Topic: Education
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
We love the things we love for what they are.
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?
Topic: Love
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Topic: Education, Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Topic: Inspirational
Robert Frost
NOT YET RATED▼
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Topic: Happiness
Robert Frost
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