A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.

Quote by Robert Frost

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A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with...

I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with...

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

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 am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners...

Freedom lies in being bold.

Freedom lies in being bold.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make...

Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make...

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what...

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what...

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed,...

The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed,...

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

You can't get too much winter in the winter.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and...

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and...

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer,...

No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer,...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...