Quote by Robert Frost
A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the poi

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. – Robert Frost

Other quotes by Robert Frost

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

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Change
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There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. – Robert Frost

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Funerals
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Ah, when to the heart of man was it ever less than a treason to go with the drift of things to yield with a grace to reason and bow and accept at the end of a love or a season. – Robert Frost

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Acceptance
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Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues. – Ajay Devgan

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A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs. – John Charles Polanyi

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Society

And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know. – James Earl Jones

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The idealists will always be in society, and we will survive. – John Zorn

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Situated in some nebulous distance I do what I do so that the universal balance of which I am a part may remain a balance. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information. – Roger Wicker

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