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. >