"How many times it thundered before Franklin took……" — Robert Frost
"How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint! Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint."
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Robert Frost
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385 Quotes by Robert Frost
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I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.
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