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Quotes About Maturity

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.
~ Plato
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.
~ Plato
Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.
~ Plato
Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.
~ Plautus
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
~ PO BRONSON
Though not boastful, Leonard gives off an unmistakable air of a man who has always been there before you. He possesses that old-soul thing of wisdom more ancient than his body and his face.
~ Polly Samson
Men are like wine some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
~ Pope John XXIII
This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that a passionate relationship could be about anything other than sex.
~ Poppy Z. Brite
I was very sexual from a very young age.
~ Portia de Rossi
Mengapa yang tidak setuju tak dapat mengekang nafsu menghina? Antara kita sendiri, kalau hanya hendak menghina pun tidak semua bisa berdiri sama tinggi. Penghinaan yang bodoh hanya akan memukul diri sendiri.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
At the beginning of all growth, everything imitates. All of us, when we were children, also only imitated. But children grow up and begin their own development.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pada setiap awal pertumbuhan, katanya, semua hanya meniru. Setiap kita semasa kanak-kanak juga hanya meniru. Tetapi kanak-kanak itu pun akan dewasa, mempunyai perkembangan sendiri.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Human beings need tens, even scores, of years before they grow into full adults, human beings at the peak of their abilities
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Depuis dix ans, depuis plus d'un an, jour après jour, le peuple du #Burundi prouve sa maturité, dément rumeurs et fausses prophéties
~ President Pierre Nkurunziza
It is less painful to learn in youth than to be ignorant in age
~ Proverb
Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.
~ Proverb
Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself
~ Proverb
Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age
~ Proverb
Time gives good advice. (El tiempo da buen consejo.)
~ Proverb
The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them-thus preserving the system.
~ Quentin
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
~ Quentin Crisp
Development of character consists solely in moving towards self-sufficiency.
~ Quentin Crisp
Es con estas pequeñas desgracias como los niños se van haciendo adultos
~ Quim Monzó
When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed.
~ Quincy Jones