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Motifs
- Golden age. A former age of perfection. A1101.1
- Recognition because of imperfection of disguise. H151.6.2
- The prodigy's retort. An old man says of a youthful prodigy: "He will be an idiot in old age because perfection before maturity brings on deterioration of the mind." Youth: "You must have been very wise in your youth!" J1369.2