American - Poet | March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963
Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.
Robert Frost
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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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Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
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Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
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The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.
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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.
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The only certain freedom's in departure.
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We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.
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The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
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Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
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I go to school the youth to learn the future.
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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.
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