“The coral waxes, the palm grows, but man departs.”
Nature renews and endures while a single human life is brief; a reminder to live meaningfully in the time given.
— Traditional Pitcairn Islands Wisdom, Pitcairn Islands
Source: Traditional Polynesian proverb, shared regional heritage carried by Pitcairn's founding Tahitian mothers, public-domain oral tradition
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