Robert Lee Frost

United States
26 Mar 1874 // 29 Jan 1963
Poeta

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There's nothing I'm afraid of like scared people.
You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

The Self-Seeker, 1914
There are tones of voice that mean more than words.

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.
Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length.

Any eye is an evil eye
That looks in on to a mood apart.

A Mood Apart, 1947
Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length.

Title of poem, 1942
Education is... hanging around until you've caught on.

January 30, 1963
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