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I am not a nature poet. There is almost always a person in my poems.

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost
Age: 88 †
Born: 1874
Born: March 26
Died: 1963
Died: January 29
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San Francisco County
California
Robert Lee Frost
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The best thing we're put here for's to see The strongest thing that's given us to see with's a telescope. Someone in every town, seems to me, owes it to the town to keep one.
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Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.
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Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole!
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You can't get too much winter in the winter.
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I am not a teacher. I am an awakener.
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The old dog barks backward without getting up I can remember when he was a pup.
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As for his evil tidings, Belshazzar's overthrow, Why hurry to tell Belshazzar What soon enough he would know?
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There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
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States strong enough to do good are but few. Their number would seem limited to three.
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Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
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A name with meaning could bring up a child, Taking the child out of the parents' hands. Better a meaningless name, I should say, As leaving more to nature and happy chance. Name children some names and see what you do.
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I dwell with a strangely aching heart In that vanished abode there far apart
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But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?
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Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever.
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A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.
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When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
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If it were a dog, it would have bitten you already. Actual Twents: At e ne hond was, dan e oew allange ebettene. Meaning: Said to someone who is looking for something which is right under his nose. Source: Twents Woordenbook. Twents in Woord en Gebruik.
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Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art.
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Freedom is when you are easy in the harness.
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All the fun is in how you say a thing.
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