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Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of

Art is long, life short, judgment difficult, opportunity transient. To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome. Every beginning is cheerful: the threshold is the place of expectation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Art, Short Life, Opportunity
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1824). “Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels”, p.75

A mortal had woven it, a man who, having caught sight of the Seelie queen, had spent the remainder of his short life weaving depictions of her. He had died of starvation, raw, red fingers staining the final tapestry.

Holly Black
Queens, Short Life, Men
Holly Black (2002). “Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale”, Simon Pulse

Our physical health is dependent upon energy. We have a short lifespan compared with past Yuga's.

Frederick Lenz
Short Life, Buddhism, Past

Our physical health is dependent upon energy. We have a short lifespan compared with past Yuga's. We are made up of energy lines. The reason people lived longer is because there was less negative energy in the world.

Frederick Lenz
Short Life, Past, People

Photography seems to fix, but this is an illusion created by our short lives. A photograph is merely a note held for 200 years.

Douglas McCulloh
Photography, Short Life, Years

Would we as a nation be better off dealing with the truth rather than believing fantasies that prop up the Status Quo and the Fed's dearly beloved measure of the economy, the stock market? How often does accepting illusion help us navigate real life? Short answer: never.

Charles Hugh Smith
Real, Short Life, Believe
"Here's The Sad Truth About The 'Best Job Growth Since 2006'". www.businessinsider.com. March 11, 2012.

All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time.

Charles Hazlewood
Short Life, Fire, New Life

Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons - these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world - it seemed to have no pattern, no form. Their quicksilver politics. Their short lives.

Cassandra Clare
Short Life, Vampire, Fey
Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson (2013). “The Runaway Queen”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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