John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
52 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 52 |
| AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
| QUOTATION: | The lyfe so short, the craft so long to lerne, 1 Th’ assay so hard, so sharpe the conquering. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Assembly of Fowles. Line 1. |
| Note 1. Ars longa, vita brevis (Art is long: life is brief).—Hippocrates: Aphorism i. [back] |