“Nothing lasts forever, not even the best machines. And everything can be reused.
- Hephaestus”
—
Rick Riordan
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The Lost Hero
Source: The Lost Hero
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- Hephaestus" by Rick Riordan?
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“Nothing lasts forever, few things even last for long: all are susceptible of decay in one way or another; moreover all that begins also ends.”
Nihil perpetuum, pauca diuturna sunt; aliud alio modo fragile est, rerum exitus variantur, ceterum quicquid coepit et desinit.
From Ad Polybium De Consolatione (Of Consolation, To Polybius), chap. I; translation based on work of Aubrey Stewart
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