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Some indications of future character may be seen even in infancy. The child is father of the man.

Soon crooks the tree that good gambrel will be.

A gambrel (from the Italian gamba, a leg) is a crooked piece of wood, on which butchers hang the carcasses of beasts by the legs.

As the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

Best to bend while it is a twig.

It is not easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling.

"What the colt learns in youth he continues in old age" (French).ssss1 "What youth learns, age does not forget" (Danish).ssss1

Reckless youth maks ruefu' eild.

"If youth knew! if age could!" (French).ssss1

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ssss1 Spanish: De potro sarnoso buen caballo hermoso. German: Ans klattrigen Fohlen werden die schönsten Hengste.

ssss1 Non c'è polledro che non rompa qualche cavezza.

ssss1 Rien ne vaut poulain s'il ne rompt son lien.

ssss1 Jeunesse revient de loin.

ssss1 Spät Obst liegt lange.

ssss1 Ce que poulain prend en jeunesse, il le continue en vieillesse.

ssss1 Det Ung nemmer, Gammel ei glemmer.