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== Aphorisms ==
''Aphorisms'' (attributed to Hippocrates)
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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.
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* [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aphorisms Aphorisms] @ Wikisource
See [[Hippocratic Oath (nonfiction)]].


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==
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== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
* [[Hippocratic Oath (nonfiction)]]


== External links ==
== External links ==

Revision as of 08:22, 22 April 2021

"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).

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

  • Post @ Twitter (22 April 2021)