The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (174 page)

Frohman, Charles
1860–1915

1
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
before drowning in the Lusitania, 7 May 1915

I. F. Marcosson and D. Frohman
Charles Frohman
(1916).

 
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Fromm, Erich
1900–80

1
In the nineteenth century the problem was that
God is dead
; in the twentieth century the problem is that
man is dead
.

The Sane Society
(1955) ch. 9

 
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Frost, David
1939–

1
Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.

in
Independent
16 September 1989

 
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Frost, Robert
1874–1963

1
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.

"Cluster of Faith" (1962)

2
And nothing to look backward to with pride,
And nothing to look forward to with hope.

"The Death of the Hired Man" (1914)

3
"Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in."

"The Death of the Hired Man" (1914)

4
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.

"Fire and Ice" (1923)

5
The land was ours before we were the land's.
She was our land more than a hundred years
Before we were her people.

"The Gift Outright" (1942)

6
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it.

"Mending Wall" (1914)

7
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours."

"Mending Wall" (1914)

8
I never dared be radical when young
For fear it would make me conservative when old.

"Precaution" (1936)

9
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

"The Road Not Taken" (1916)

10
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.

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (1923)

11
I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.

Edward Lathem
Interviews with Robert Frost
(1966)

12
Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

Louis Untermeyer
Robert Frost
(1964)

 
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Fry, Christopher
1907–

1
The dark is light enough.

title of play (1954)

2
The lady's not for burning.

title of play (1949).

3
Where in this small-talking world can I find
A longitude with no platitude?

The Lady's not for Burning
(1949) act 3

 
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Fry, Elizabeth
1780–1845

1
Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

note found among her papers; Rachel E. Cresswell and Katharine Fry
Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry
(1848)

 
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