“Great things come crashing down upon themselves – such is the limit of growth ordained by heaven for success.”

— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus , book Pharsalia

In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebus
crescendi posuere modum.
Book I, line 81 (tr. J. D. Duff).
Pharsalia

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In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebus<br/>crescendi posuere modum.

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