Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

Quote by Robert Frost

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The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping...

The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping...

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being...

Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being...

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying....

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying....

And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for...

And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for...

We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle...

We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle...

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about,...

It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about,...

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not...

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not...

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke...

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke...

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness,...

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness,...

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing...

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing...

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take...

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take...