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"Life is short, but art is long."

— Hippocrates

Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.

Not a Stoic. Hippocrates is classed as Greco-Roman & Adjacent: Classical figures who shaped or argued with Stoicism — Socrates, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Cicero and others. Related, but not Stoic.

More quotes from Hippocrates

• "Before healing someone, ask them if they are willing to give up the things that make them sick."

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More from the Greco-Roman & Adjacent collection

• "The worst enemy is the one that lives within you."
  — Cicero
• "Wisdom begins in wonder."
  — Socrates
• "Excellence is not an act, but a habit."
  — Aristotle
• "Courage is the first of human virtues, because it guarantees all the others."
  — Aristotle

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