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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.

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
Best
Actual
Find
Greed
Need
Hated
Needs
Worth
Mind
Worst
Way
Dies
Never
Hate
Unsatisfied
Earth
Wipe

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