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Provençal proverb

Enfant venen, enfant tournan.

Children

Maritime Provençal

Enfant venen, enfant tournan.

Meaning

We come into the world as children and return to childhood in old age.

Theme

Children

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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