phrase
ars longa
ars longa, vīta brevis
Meaning
- art is long, life is short
Origins
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)”.