Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 05/17/2010
Ars longa, vita brevis (Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician)
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long.
Whole Quotation:
Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile.
Life is short, the art [of medicine] is long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.