![To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sMWEjI-yB3g/X1uN5S-i6VI/AAAAAAAAK40/w8bu55tZQgs20i2GYJ5gWOu_6BwXaObAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-be-a-poet-is-a-condition-not-a-profession.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Robert Frost
![To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sMWEjI-yB3g/X1uN5S-i6VI/AAAAAAAAK40/w8bu55tZQgs20i2GYJ5gWOu_6BwXaObAgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-be-a-poet-is-a-condition-not-a-profession.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Eydkz-SOEZ4/X0Vx4nFNALI/AAAAAAAABV4/UkVXHtXHlWAVxDs47j65c2F3LB4ibCPVACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw1quf-gU/w750-h750-p/a-poem-begins-in-delight-and-ends-in-wisdom-quotes-by-robert-frost-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-wisdom.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
![Poetry is what gets lost in translation.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3s9ITKN7aBs/X0bNJDq0FAI/AAAAAAAAENk/bDTqoy-d7J49VKdQKnSLNeiEzWVU4KxAACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/poetry-is-what-gets-lost-in-translation-quotes-by-robert-frost-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-poetry.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
![I always entertain great hopes.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ui0VTq8Fnow/X0bDX-OuxqI/AAAAAAAACWU/w8xM3Hmv0TMGlaPvP6O2A_mw078vYt7WQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/i-always-entertain-great-hopes-quotes-by-robert-frost-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-great.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I always entertain great hopes.
![To be social is to be forgiving.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Vz3XbeDjZ9s/X0bQPf1OSqI/AAAAAAAAE1s/VxiIYfiJzbAxNrBU0XOz7lSADlMnzAeZACEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/to-be-social-is-to-be-forgiving-quotes-by-robert-frost-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-forgiveness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
To be social is to be forgiving.
![The artist in me cries out for design.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jODpQy1WK1w/X0bO1b-ENfI/AAAAAAAAE3c/5kLYDI7eVXUJNggJisPyutJL1n9bhpACQCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-artist-in-me-cries-out-for-design-quotes-by-robert-frost-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-design.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The artist in me cries out for design.
![Poetry is what gets lost in translation.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1bPJ1MK-P0g/X1t6T3mbTuI/AAAAAAAAI_I/MlD4abjG9lkpRVM4lz9Wjskne6Ehbr_NwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/poetry-is-what-gets-lost-in-translation.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
![Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6HiJ6EAQK74/X1t1SbkhSrI/AAAAAAAAITg/Gws2x2wQb8gIKF-5sqWYeEJxB4vULbYWQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/love-is-an-irresistible-desire-to-be-irresistibly-desired.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
![The best way out is always through.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K9kjmW-cKik/X0bO8GMYrqI/AAAAAAAAE3Q/UTguPKeA2bYCERkAYRu0qNMtlov6OJU8wCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw2Kuf-gU/w750-h750-p/the-best-way-out-is-always-through-quotes-by-robert-frost-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-best.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The best way out is always through.
![We love the things we love for what they are.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0U-FLMRDLEU/X1uPVtmkiCI/AAAAAAAALKY/7bTrX1divU0OFtbZORlnJ9p1Fi05IeYpgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/we-love-the-things-we-love-for-what-they-are.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
We love the things we love for what they are.
![I am not a teacher, but an awakener.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Xhgvw0ZvA9c/X1to_lIZCeI/AAAAAAAAG4s/0yvpEYKniJor8_NgoTOwo2h5dWcHeHBTwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-am-not-a-teacher-but-an-awakener.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
![Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sfcNleEA-rs/X1tjFrES3BI/AAAAAAAAGHw/XK8CLAYa5fYH_WkgXmcce0xymLa9g8DfACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/dont-ever-take-a-fence-down-until-you-know-why-it-was-put-up.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)