Monotonicity of convex function

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f:(a,\infty)->R
i want to prove, that, if function is convex, then:

if exist x_1 \in R, exist x_2>x_1 : f(x_2)>f(x_1)
then:
for all x_3>x_2 for allx_4>x_3 : f(x_4)\ge f(x_3)\ge f(x_2)

in other words:
convex function is either decreasing on whole domain, or it starts to increase from some point and then is increasing from that point to the end of domain

We don't assume that function is differential.

With assumption that f(x_2)>f(x_1) i should get something from definition of convex function, but i don't know how to do it.

I'm asking for some tip.
 
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