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What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
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What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
a stanza from his poem To A Milkweed.
You're never too old to grow up.
You're never too old to grow up.
My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being read more
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even
Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.
Some people play very, very well just so they won't get embarrassed.
We never forgive those who make us blush.
We never forgive those who make us blush.
Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
