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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:
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> In 1963 I bought his "Confucius". I was twenty, I read in it this.
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> 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.
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