non semper Saturnalia erunt

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Latin

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Etymology

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Literally, it will not always be the Saturnalia.

Pronunciation

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Proverb

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nōn semper Sāturnālia erunt

  1. all good things come to an end
    • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, Apocolocyntosis [1]:
      dicebam vobis: non semper Saturnalia erunt.
      I told you: the Saturnalia will not last forever.

References

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  1. ^ Seneca. Apocolocyntosis. W.H.D. Rouse, M.A. Litt. D. London. William Heinemann. 1913.