once a man, twice a child /ˌwʌn(t)s‿ə ˈmæn ˌtwaɪs‿ə ˈt͡ʃaɪld/ saying1 •A man is born as a child, grows to adulthood, and consequently enters old age, when he deteriorates and reverts to a childlike state.“I am an old man,” he said; “I avail myself of the privilege of an old man,—to be a child. ‘Once a man, twice a child.’[…]” — 1889
