To which I would reply, quoting Tsunetomo Yamamoto, the 17th C. author of the
samurai vademecum the Hagekura,

"At 10, an ANIMAL.
 At 20, a LUNATIC.
 At 30, a LIAR.
 At 40, a FAILURE.
 At 50, a CRIMINAL.

GAVIN


charles moyer wrote:
>

>     In 1963 I bought his "Confucius". I was twenty, I read in it this.
>
>     1. He said: At fifteen I wanted to learn,
>     2. At thirty I had a foundation.
>     3. At forty, a certitude.
>     4. At fifty, knew the orders of heaven.
>     5. At sixty, was ready to listen to them.
>     6. At seventy could follow my own heart's desire without overstepping
> the t-square.
>