The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

Ὁ βίος βραχὺς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρὴ

Hippocrates

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Topic

Learning Personal development

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Aphorisms

Language

Greek

Time

410s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Physician

From

Greece Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Aphorisms. c. 370 BC, bk. 1, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. The Aphorisms. Classics of Medicine Library, 1982.

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