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Quote of Hippocrates: Art is long, life is short....


Biography - Hippocrates:

Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine".
Born: -460 - Died: -370
Period:
4th century BC
5th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

Art is long, life is short.


Note 

Note



Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.




Translation

Translation

(German, Latin, French)



German
Kurz ist das Leben. Lang ist die Kunst.

Latin
Ars longa, vita brevis.

French
L'art est long, la vie est courte.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: life


Quotes

Quotes about life:


Don't let words limit the possibilities of life.





As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.





Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





... but we want to be the poets of our life—first of all in the smallest, most everyday matters.





There is more to life than increasing its speed.











Quotes for: art


Quotes

Quotes about art:


Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





My trade and art is to live.





The more I think about it the more I feel that there’s nothing more genuinely artistic than to love people.





Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.





I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'





A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.











Quotes

Hippocrates also said...


As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.





Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.





Everything in excess is opposed to nature.





It is time which imparts strength to all things and brings them to maturity.












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