CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN.

child is father of the man.: translation

The child is father of the man. & The child is father to the man.

Prov. People's personalities form when they are children; A person will have the same qualities as an adult that he or she had as a child. (From William Wordsworth's poem, “My Heart Leaps Up.”) •

In Bill's case, the child was father of the man; he never lost his childhood delight in observing nature.