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* [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10225840698582734 Post] @ Twitter (22 April 2021)
* [https://www.facebook.com/karl.gregory.jones/posts/10225840698582734 Post] @ Twitter (22 April 2021)
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Revision as of 18:28, 23 April 2023

"Ars Long, Vita Brevis"

"Ars Long, Vita Brevis" is a short poem by Karl Jones.

Ars Long, Vita Brevis

Context: "Would you write full time if you could?"

I do write full time. For free!

There goes the retirement fund!

But worth it:

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis.

Aphorisms

Aphorisms (attributed to Hippocrates)

1. LIFE is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

See Hippocratic Oath (nonfiction).

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Nonfiction cross-reference

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Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (22 April 2021)