ars longa, vita brevis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === vīta brevis, ars longa === Etymology === 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)”. === Phrase === ars longa, vīta brevis art is long, life is short