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Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
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.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even read more
A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably
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.
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.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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
