Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frostwas an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 March 1874
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.
Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.
Education is hanging around until you've caught on.
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
To be social is to be forgiving.
I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
Humor is the most engaging cowardice.