Believe me, nothing perishes in all the world; it does but vary and renew its form. What we call birth is but a beginning to be other than what one was before; and death is but a cessation of a former state.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses (Book 15, Lines 254-257).
c. 8 CE
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"Multa petentibus desunt multa."
Controversial"A person's last day must ever be awaited, and none be counted happy till his death, till his last funeral rites are paid."
Philosophical"Adde quod in magnis et laudem et lucra futuri."
Controversial"Beauty's a fragile boon, and the years are quick to destroy it, Always diminished with time, never enduring too long."
Philosophical"There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change."
Philosophical