All good things must come to an end

Meaning: Nothing pleasant lasts forever.

Origin: English proverb from Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (1374).

Translations

• French: Toutes les bonnes choses ont une fin (literally: All good things have an end)
• Spanish: Todo lo bueno llega a su fin (literally: All good things come to their end)
• Japanese: 盛者必衰 (Jōsha hissui) (literally: The prosperous must decline)

More proverbs about Wisdom

• Half a loaf is better than none — Something is better than nothing.
• Don't reinvent the wheel — Don't waste effort on solved problems.
• Don't put the cart before the horse — Do things in the correct order.
• Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do — Sometimes unconventional paths lead to correct outcomes.
• Great minds think alike — Intelligent people often reach the same conclusions.
• Cross that bridge when you come to it — Deal with problems only when they arise.

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