The phrase "as the twig is bent, so grows the tree" means that an influence on a person as a child will continue to be seen in the person as an adult.

Alexander Pope, a famous English poet, is credited with this saying. It suggests that early influences and experiences shape a person's character and traits as they grow older.

Whether or not we find what we are seeking

is idle, biologically speaking.

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'Tis education forms the common mind

Just as the twig is bent, the tree inclined

This was said by Alexander Pope in his 1734 Epistle to Cobham.

Adeo in teneris consuescere multum est