Last words, as quoted in DN 16; Mahaparinibbana Sutta 6:8
Variant translations:
Mendicants, I now impress it upon you, the parts and powers of man must be dissolved; work out your own salvation with diligence.
As quoted in Present Day Tracts on the Non-Christian Religions of the World (1887) by Sir William Muir, p. 24
Now, then, monks, I exhort you: All fabrications are subject to decay. Bring about completion by being heedful.
translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!
translated by Sister Vajira & Francis Story
Unclassified
“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.”
“All things are subject to decay and change.”
The General History of Polybius as translated by James Hampton' (1762), Vol. II, pp. 177-178
The Histories
“All human things are subject to decay,
And, when fate summons, monarchs must obey.”
Source: Mac Flecknoe (1682), l. 1–2.
Thomas Fuller The History of the Worthies of England ([1662] 1840), vol. 2, p. 426.
Criticism
http://www.maxim.com/girls/girls-of-maxim/44921/marisa-miller.html
“All things that have form eventually decay." -Orochimaru”
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.”
Source: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), Chapter 12
