Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Quote by Robert Frost

Topics: Poetry Quotes

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.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized...

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized...

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.

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 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...

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.

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept...

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept...

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly...

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly...

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...

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

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...

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on thee and I'll forgive thy great big one...

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on thee and I'll forgive thy great big one...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

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...

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being...

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being...

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

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

To be social is to be forgiving

To be social is to be forgiving

But Allah was not going to chastise them while you were among them, nor is...

But Allah was not going to chastise them while you were among them, nor is...

I did bless him at the end of our conversation. I said to him, 'Do...

I did bless him at the end of our conversation. I said to him, 'Do...