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I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.
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.
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.
You're never too old to grow up.
You're never too old to grow up.
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.
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.
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.
