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)

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