this too shall pass
THIS too shul PAS
ðɪs tuː ʃəl pɑːsListen
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all circumstances, whether joyful or painful, are temporary and will inevitably change; a counsel of equanimity reminding those in suffering that their current difficulties will not last forever; attributed in various traditions to a Persian adage, to King Solomon in Jewish folklore, and to Abraham Lincoln who quoted a version of it in an 1859 address; used equally to counsel humility during success and hope during adversity, the phrase encapsulates the Buddhist and Stoic recognition of impermanence as the fundamental condition of all human experience
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