In human life there is constant change of fortune And it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing. (Plutarch)

In human life there is constant change of fortune And it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.

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