Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 Decay quotesDecay QuotesDecay How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate of despotism.~ James Monroe Growth is slow but collapse is rapid.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca It would be some consolation for the feebleness of ourselves and our works, if all things should perish as slowly as they come into being; but as it is, increases are of sluggish growth, but the way to ruin is rapid.~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print