“Why do so many things end in fire?”
Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002)
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Tot species, tantosque ortus variosque novatus
una dies aperit, conficit ipsa dies.
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Adeo facilius est multa facere quam diu.
Book I, Chapter XII, 7; translation by H. E. Butler
De Institutione Oratoria (c. 95 AD)