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Robert Frost

(1874–1963) Playwright United States

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Robert Frost was a playwright from the United States, best known for North of Boston.

Quick Facts About Robert Frost

Born: March 26, 1874
Died: January 29, 1963
Nationality: United States
Profession: Playwright
Notable works: North of Boston
Known for: A Masque of Reason, Mountain Interval, New Hampshire, North of Boston, West-Running Brook
Spouse: Elinor Miriam Frost

About Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bollingen Prize Congressional Gold Medal Robert Frost Medal United States Poet Laureate Pulitzer Prize for Poetry Emerson-Thoreau Medal Russell Loines Award for Poetry honorary doctor of Harvard University

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honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets honorary doctor of the University of Miami

Quotes by Robert Frost · Page 11

Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To…

Acceptance

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A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.

Blinders

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It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if…

Absurd

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I never feel more at home than at a ballgame.

Ballgame

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

Books

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Some may know what they seek in school and church, And why they seek it there; for what I search I must…

Things happen for a reason

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Sarcastic Science, she would like to know, In her complacent ministry of fear, How we propose to get away from here When…

Absolutes

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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

Liberalism

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The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them

Action

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Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Ability

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I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice.

Destruction

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I always entertain great hopes.

Hope

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The people I am most afraid of are those who are the most afraid.

Fear

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The style is the man. Rather say the style is the way the man takes himself; and to be at all charming…

Bearable

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You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

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Tree at my window, window tree, My sash is lowered when night comes on; But let there never be curtain drawn Between…

Between you and me

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Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain.

Love

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A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not…

Birth

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“I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I…

Robert-frost

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Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.

Change

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The only certain freedom's in departure.

Certain

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So when at times the mob is swayed To carry praise or blame too far, We may choose something like a star…

Blame

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Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.

Giving

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“Love has earth to which she clings With hills and circling arms about Wall within wall to shut fear out. But Thought…

Fear

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At least I will not have it systematic.

Great saying by great authors

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Robert Frost by topic

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