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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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 figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a...

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a...

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life...

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life...

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,...

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

You cant get too much winter in the winter.

You cant get too much winter in the winter.

All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up...

All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up...

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the...

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the...

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

The only certain freedom's in departure.

The only certain freedom's in departure.

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.

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...

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.

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.

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...

Writing is a job. A drunk writer is about as useful as a drunk surgeon....

Writing is a job. A drunk writer is about as useful as a drunk surgeon....

Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.

Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.