Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.


Ad Polybium De Consolatione (Of Consolation, To Polybius), chap. I


Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.

Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.

Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.

Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.