"Art is Long and Life is Short"

Just a thought: If one counts the numbers, art has fewer letters than life.

btw a quick check on Wikipedia turned up:

Chaucer:

The lyf so short,

the craft so longe to lerne,

Hippocrates:

Ὁ βίος βραχὺς,

ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρὴ,

ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξὺς,

ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερὴ,

ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή.

Ars longa,

vita brevis,

occasio praeceps,

experimentum periculosum,

iudicium difficile.

Life is short,

[the] art long,

opportunity fleeting,

experiment dangerous,

judgment difficult.

Kinda nice to see this often quoted aphorism in it's many guises.