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ars longa, vita brevis

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Etymology

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

Phrase

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ars longa, vīta brevis

  1. art is long, life is short
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