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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.
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
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.
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.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
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
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
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.
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.
