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Inspirational Quotes - Page 573

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

'Aphorisms' sect. 1, para. 1 (translation by Chaucer). Often quoted in Latin as Ars longa, vita brevis; see Seneca 'De Brevitae Vitae' sect. 1.

The setting of a great hope is like the setting of the sun. The brightness of our life is gone.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1853). “Hyperion, illustr. from drawings by B. Foster”, p.4

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do, well.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1851). “The prose works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.44

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.

Henry James (1852). “Lectures and miscellanies”, p.124

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him.

Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.10, New York Review of Books