The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Quote by Robert Frost

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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...

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.

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...

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and...

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and...

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together

Love is a tie that binds; matrimony straps them together

An idea is a feat of association.

An idea is a feat of association.

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...

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....

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

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...

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

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...

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...

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Style is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward

Education is hanging around until you've caught on.

Education is hanging around until you've caught on.

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...

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...

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...

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and...

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and...