hearthglow:Nihil durare potest tempore perpetuo Cum bene sol nituit, redditur Oceano; Decrescit Phoe

hearthglow:

Nihil durare potest tempore perpetuo
Cum bene sol nituit, redditur Oceano;
Decrescit Phoebe quae modo plena fuit.
Venerum feritas saepe fit dura levis.

Nothing can last for all time:
When the Sun has shone brightly it returns to Ocean;
The Moon wanes, which recently was full.
Even so the fierceness of Venus often becomes a puff of wind.

- CIL IV 9123, IX.xiii.4, from Pompeii