Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Robert Frost

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The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep (Poetry Foundation). Added 11/23/2014

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Two roads diverge in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference (Proverbia.net). Added 11/22/2014

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else (ThinkExist.com). Added 11/21/2014

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us (Lifed.com). Added 11/20/2014

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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be (ThinkExist.com). Added 8/26/2013

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I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me (Proverbia.net). Added 11/11/2012

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You may read the complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson at www.rwe.org.

The photo of Ralph Waldo Emerson is in the Public Domain.

Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

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Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud (theguardian.com). Added 7/30/2014

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If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning Good morning at total strangers (iwise.com). Added 1/2/2013

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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded (goodreads.com). Added 11/10/2012

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We need much less than we think we need (goodreads.com).  Added 8/29/2011

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Maya Angelou's website is at http://mayaangelou.com.


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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)

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Light tomorrow with today! (Brainy Quote). Added 7/6/2014

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God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame (Poetry Foundation, Sonnets for the Portugese 26: I Lived with Visions). Added 8/28/11

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's biography at Poets.org.

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Euripedes (480-406 BC)

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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account (Brainy Quote). Added 2/8/2014

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The photo of Euripdes is in the Public Domain.

Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)

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Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone (In Praise of Darkness, 1974). Added 9/23/2013

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The photo of Jorge Luis Borges is in the Public Domain according to Wikipedia.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

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Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name. (Source).  Added 6/16/2013

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The photo of William Wordsworth is in the Public Domain because he has been deceased for over 70 years.

Pablo Naruda (1904-1973)

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming (Source). --Added March 24, 2013


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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble (Source). Added 12/13/2012

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The photo of Rudyard Kipling is in the Public Domain.

W.B. Yeats (1865-1939)

William Butler Yeats

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.  Added 1/8/2012

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