Robert Frost Quotes

Humour is the most engaging cowardice. With it myself I have been able to hold some of my enemy in play far out of gunshot.

Robert Frost

• Play
• Enemy
• Humour
• Cowardice
• Gunshot

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  • Enemy
  • Humour