Ars longa, vita brevis
Latin translation of a Greek aphorism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Ars Longa Vita Brevis (album).
"Life is short" redirects here. Not to be confused with Life is short (song) or Life is short (episode).
Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek. It roughly translates to "skillfulness takes time and life is short".
The aphorism quotes the first two lines of the Aphorisms by the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates: "Ὁ βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή". The familiar Latin translation ars longa, vita brevis reverses the order of the original lines, but can express the same principle.