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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
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.
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.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
