I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

Quote by Robert Frost

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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.

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and...

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and...

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of...

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of...

The best way out is always through.

The best way out is always through.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Entertain great hopes

Entertain great hopes

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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...

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman...

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman...

What we live by we die by.

What we live by we die by.

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.

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

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

To be social is to be forgiving.

To be social is to be forgiving.

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.

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.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.

That amazing moment when a teacher cancels a test.

That amazing moment when a teacher cancels a test.