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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.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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.
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and read more
By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
