Classics ~ Sayings ~ Hippocrates

HIPPOCRATES

ὁ βίος βραχὺς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή.

Life is short and the art [sc. of healing] long.

Aphorisms 1

πᾶν γὰρ τὸ πολὺ πολέμιον τῇ φύσει.

For everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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