"Like a piece of ice on a hot……" — Robert Frost
"Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. . . . Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal keeps its fragrance. It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went."
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Robert Frost
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385 Quotes by Robert Frost
Robert Frost has 385 quotes on this site.
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If the day ever comes when they know who They are, they may know better where they are.
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Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and…
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All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to…
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The old dog barks backward without getting up I can remember when he was a pup.
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What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.
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But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who…
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Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of…
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Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom…
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And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's…
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The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them.
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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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Suddenly, quietly, you realize that - from this moment forth - you will no longer walk through this life alone.…
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Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.
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Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're…
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We have to rethink our whole energy approach, which is hard to do because we're so dependent on oil, not…
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The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
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Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.
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You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you…
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The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power…
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The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever.
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People are forever finding something wrong with you.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words…
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