“To have reached thirty," said Reginald, "is to have failed in life.”

— Saki

"Reginald on the Academy"
Reginald (1904)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "To have reached thirty," said Reginald, "is to have failed in life." by Saki?

Saki58

British writer 1870–1916

Related quotes

“The only way you would have failed," she said, "is if you had.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“There are three things I noticed about being thirty-three: Failing memory, hair loss and failing memory.”

Derren Brown (1971) British illusionist

TV Series and Specials (Includes DVDs), Trick of the Mind (2004–2006)

“When I reached thirty I looked back on my past.”

Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645) Japanese martial artist, writer, artist

Go Rin No Sho (1645), Introduction
Context: When I reached thirty I looked back on my past. The previous victories were not due to my having mastered strategy. Perhaps it was natural ability, or the order of heaven, or that other schools' strategy was inferior. After that I studied morning and evening searching for the principle, and came to realise the Way of strategy when I was fifty.
Since then I have lived without following any particular Way. Thus with the virtue of strategy I practise many arts and abilities — all things with no teacher. To write this book I did not use the law of Buddha or the teachings of Confucius, neither old war chronicles nor books on martial tactics. I take up my brush to explain the true spirit of this Ichi school as it is mirrored in the Way of heaven and Kwannon. The time is the night of the tenth day of the tenth month, at the hour of the tiger.