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Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.
Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its read more
But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its effect is not to be done away with.
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.
The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.
The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.
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.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.
