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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.
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.
You're never too old to grow up.
You're never too old to grow up.
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.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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.
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.
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of read more
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one
