Nothing lasts forever; often said resignedly when a pleasant experience or sequence of events finally ends: We had had a wonderful vacation, but all good things must come to an end. The proverb was first recorded c. 1440: “Ye wote wele of all thing moste be an ende” (Partonope of Blois). The word good was probably not added until the 19th or early 20th century.
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