“I have followed my ear and my heart, which may be false. I hope not.”
F. S. Flint (1885–1960) English Imagist poet
Preface, In the Net of Stars, 1909
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“At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the will of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of what was right.”
Retrospection of his own life. From this phrase, alternative names for each decades of human life are derived in Chinese.
Source: The Analects, Chapter II
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