ars longa, vita brevis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

A Latin translation of the Ancient Greek of a phrase from Hippocrates' Aphorisms, section 1, number 1: “Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή (Ho bíos brakhús, hē dè tékhnē makrḗ)”.

Phrase

ars longa, vīta brevis

  1. art is long, life is short
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