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You're never too old to grow up.
You're never too old to grow up.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
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.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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.
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.
