A quotation from Cicero

Nothing flourishes for ever; each generation gives place to its successor.
 
[Nihil enim semper floret; aetas succedit aetati.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 15 / sec. 39 (11.15/11.39) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1897)]

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Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 15 / sec. 39 (11.15/11.39) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1897)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations

Nothing flourishes for ever; each generation gives place to its successor. [Nihil enim semper floret; aetas succedit aetati.] (Source (Latin)). Other translations: For there is nothing which flourishes for ever. Age succeeds age. [tr. Yonge (1903)] For nothing is for ever flourishing; age succeeds to age. [tr. Ker (Loeb) (1926)]

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