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proverb
One is born as a child, grows to adulthood, and consequently enters old age, when one deteriorates and reverts to a childlike state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Modern gender-neutralized form of once a man, twice a child (attested since the 16th century).
