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

Ὁ βίος βραχὺς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρὴ

Hippocrates

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Mastery Learning Personal development

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Aphorisms

Language

Greek

Time

410 BC 410s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Physician

From

Greece Europe

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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

Hippocrates. The Aphorisms. Classics of Medicine Library, 1982, sect. 1, pt. 1.

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One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

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The only constant is change Change Rivers

Author

Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Only two things does he anxiously wish for-bread and circuses.

Juvenal

Satires

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The masses Entertainment Purpose of life Decline of civilization

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Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
127 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

Another quote originally in Greek

All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

1st Peter 1:24

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Sic transit gloria mundi Ephemeral nature of life Grass Life
Source
1st Peter The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).