Quote by Robert Frost
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom..

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. – Robert Frost

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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. – Robert Frost

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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. – Robert Frost

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The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything. – Robert Frost

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The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage and this when used with calmness and deliberation will prove strong enough. – Andrew Jackson

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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. – Mary Kay Ash

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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle. – Swami Sivananda

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