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I hate the idea that you ought to read the whole of anybody.

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
Pedagogue
Playwright
Poet
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
Hate
Ideas
Whole
Anybody
Ought
Read
Idea

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The best way to hate is the worst. 'Tis to find what the hated need, Never mind of what actual worth, And wipe that out of the earth. Let them die of unsatisfied greed.
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A bird half wakened in the lunar noon Sang halfway through its little inborn tune.
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Yes, of course [this age] is materialistic, but the only way to counteract it is to create spiritual things. Don't worry yourself about the materialism too much. Create and stir other people to create!
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The problem for the King is just how strict The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law And discipline should be in school and state.
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