#Words to life goes on full

Posted on ApDecemAuthor quoteresearch Categories Edna St. (Newspapers_com)ġ984 April 2, Casper Star-Tribune, Almanac by The Associated Press, Quote Page B2, Column 3, Casper, Wyoming. Corn Jr., Quote, Column 5, Ithaca, New York. (Newspapers_com)ġ978 February 1, The Ithaca Journal, The Aces on Bridge: West learned too late by Ira G.

#Words to life goes on full

(Google Books Full View) linkġ971 January 24, Des Moines Sunday Register (The Des Moines Register), Section: Picture, Words To Live By, (Today’s Words To Live By were selected by Author Ray Josephs), Quote, Column 2, Des Moines, Iowa. Vincent Millay, Quote, Column 3, The Current Literature Publishing Company, New York. Wheeler, Voices of the Living Poets: Ashes of Life by Edna St. (Newspapers_com)ġ915 September, Current Opinion, Volume 59, Number 3, Edited by Edward J.

(Great thanks to Lino’s Version whose tweet led QI to formulate this question and perform this exploration.)ġ954 September 5, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Section: This Week Magazine, Robert Frost’s Secret by Ray Josephs, Quote, Column 1, Cincinnati, Ohio. The accuracy of the quotation depends on the testimony of Ray Josephs. In conclusion, there is substantive evidence that Robert Frost did make the remarks in the 1954 citation. It goes on.” - Robert Frost, American poet (1874-1963). Thought for today: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. In 1984 the Associated Press published the following “Thought for today”: 1984 April 2, Casper Star-Tribune, Almanac by The Associated Press, Quote Page B2, Column 3, Casper, Wyoming. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” In 1978 the syndicated feature “The Aces on Bridge” relayed an instance of the saying: 1978 February 1, The Ithaca Journal, The Aces on Bridge: West learned too late by Ira G. 1971 January 24, Des Moines Sunday Register (The Des Moines Register), Section: Picture, Words To Live By, (Today’s Words To Live By were selected by Author Ray Josephs), Quote, Column … Continue reading In 1971 the “Des Moines Sunday Register” reprinted the article containing Frost’s statement under the title “Words To Live By”. There’s this little street and this little house. Love has gone and left me, and the neighbors knock and borrow.Īnd life goes on forever like the gnawing of a mouse.-Īnd to-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow Vincent Millay, Quote, Column 3, The Current … Continue reading

Vincent Millay placed a sardonic instance into a verse of the work “Ashes of Life”: 1915 September, Current Opinion, Volume 59, Number 3, Edited by Edward J. Decades earlier in 1915 fellow poet Edna St. The adage was certainly not novel although Frost’s emphatic version was memorable. Don’t forget that.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order. tempted to say this is the end, the finish. with politicians and people slinging the word fear around, all of us become discouraged. In all the confusions of today, with all our troubles. He paused a moment, then with the twinkle sparkling under those brambly eyebrows he replied: “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. “In all your years and all your travels,” I asked, “what do you think is the most important thing you’ve learned about life?” Emphasis added to excerpts by QI: 1954 September 5, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Section: This Week Magazine, Robert Frost’s Secret by Ray Josephs, Quote, Column 1, Cincinnati, Ohio. In September 1954 the Sunday newspaper supplement “This Week Magazine” published “Robert Frost’s Secret” by Josephs which included the following exchange. Quote Investigator: Robert Frost did utter this proverbial wisdom during his eightieth birthday celebration according to journalist and self-help writer Ray Josephs. I have been unable to find a contemporaneous citation, and a popular quotation website says that the attribution is disputed. Vincent Millay? Apocryphal?ĭear Quote Investigator: The acclaimed American poet Robert Frost was asked as an octogenarian what he had learned about life, and he succinctly replied: It goes on.