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life is short
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
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Phrase
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life
is
short
One should
make the most of
one's life, as one never knows when one will die.
Translations
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one should make the most of one's life
Arabic:
الحياة قصيرة
,
العمر لحظة
Bulgarian:
животът е кратък
(
životǎt e kratǎk
)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
蜉蝣在世
(
fúyóu zàishì
)
Hebrew:
הַחַיִּים כְּצֵל עוֹבֵר
(
haḥayím ketzél 'ovér
)
Spanish:
la vida son dos días
See also
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art is long, life is short
tempus fugit
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