In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.Robert Frost's Secret, This Week Magazine, September 1954
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Robert Frost was an American poet who is renowned for his depictions of rural life and the New England landscape. He is known for his mastery of American colloquial speech and traditional verse forms, winning four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry during his lifetime. Frost's works, such as "The Road Not Taken" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," have left a lasting impact on American literature.
1874–1963·lived 88 years
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.Robert Frost's Secret, This Week Magazine, September 1954
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Hell is a half-filled auditorium.
The best way out is always through.
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.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, in The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem, 1923
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.The Job, New York Times, 1934
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.The Poetry of Robert Frost, p. 123, 1979
Humor is the most engaging cowardice.Letter to Louis Untermeyer, 10 March 1924
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.
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.What Is Lost, Cambridge University Press, 2010
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.Frost on Writing Poetry, Ken Craft, 2023
Freedom lies in being bold.Interview with Bela Kornitzer, Homer Noble Farm, 1952
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.DuckyHeals
I always entertain great hopes.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.The Atlantic, 1938
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.Poster, Love is an Irresistable Desire to be Irresistably Desired, 1981-1996
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, p. 1, 1923
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.The Road Not Taken, p. 1, 1916
The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.Quoted in Norman Lockridge (ed.) World's Wit and Wisdom, 1945
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
That’s all 22 quotes by Robert Frost.