Now, then, monks, I exhort you: All fabrications are subject to decay. Bring about completion by being heedful.
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translated by Thanissaro BhikkhuGautama Buddha
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Behold now, Bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence!
Gautama Buddha
Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!
Gautama Buddha
All things are subject to decay and change...
Polybius
All human things are subject to decay,
And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey.John Dryden
"The numerous chimneys with their fantastic shapes rose grimly in the moonlight, like a strange band of goblin sentinels, perched of the roof to watch the mansion. The general effect was that of an ancient structure falling to decay, deserted by all inhabitants save the rats that gnawed the wainscot along the thick old walls. The door-plate that glittered on the faded door, half covered as it was with rust and verdigris, with its saintly name afforded the only signs of the actual occupation of Monk-hall by human beings: in all other respects it looked so desolate, so time-worn, so like a mausoleum for old furniture, and crumbling tapestry, for high-backed mahogany chairs, gigantic bedsteads, and strange looking mirrors, veiled in the thick folds of the spider's web." (from 2nd paragraph of part 1, chapter 7 "The Monks of Monk-Hall" (p 43) of The Quaker City; or, the Monks of Monk Hall)
George Lippard
Buddha, Gautama
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