“Ars longa, vita brevis is the first two lines of a Latin translation of an aphorism by Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. It is commonly translated in English as art is long, life is short. The full text in Latin is:
Ars longa,
vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile.
Ὁ βίος βραχὺς,
ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρὴ,
ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξὺς,
ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερὴ,
ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή.Ho bios brakhys
hê de tekhnê makrê
ho de kairos oxys
hê de peira sphalerê
hê de krisis khalepê[The] art is long,
life is short,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment dangerous,
judgment difficult.…note that Greek original uses Techne (… of Architect)
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…flexible, underused and misunderstood but well known, conveys the urgency of now.