Discuss Your Favourite Aphorism Here

[cacian]

and do you agree with and understand this one I found earlier?

''Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience deceptive, judgment difficult."

[cafolini]

and do you agree with and understand this one I found earlier?

''Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience deceptive, judgment difficult."

Short? By whose standards? For many it's long and boring.
Long? How? For many it's almost unavailable.
Feeting? For more than half the world it is unseen.
Deceptive? I would say neglected.
Difficult? I would say very scary.

[cacian]

Short? By whose standards? For many it's long and boring.
Long? How? For many it's almost unavailable.
Feeting? For more than half the world it is unseen.
Deceptive? I would say neglected.
Difficult? I would say very scary.

This taken from Hippocrates. The oft-cited first sentence of this work (see Ars longa, vita brevis)

]Ars longa,
vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile[/I].

And I agree with you wholeheartedly cafolini:smile5:

[radiantsar]

That is the example from the Wikipedia article!

[cacian]

That is the example from the Wikipedia article!

Yep Wikipidia is your friend:biggrin5: