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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.
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 the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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.
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.
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.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
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.
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.
