“Life is too short, and Proust is too long.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
Apparently an invention by Maurice Sachs; see discussion in Quotes about Proust.
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William Shakespeare699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
“Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.”
Hugh Hefner (1926–2017) American businessman and magazine publisher
“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allot myself the luxury of living it so badly.”
Paulo Coelho book Eleven Minutes
Variant: Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.
Source: Eleven Minutes
“Life is too short to spend too long at work and also to waste your time while in the workplace.”
Nigel Cumberland (1967) British author and leadership coach
Source: Your Job-Hunt Ltd – Advice from an Award-Winning Asian Headhunter (2003), Successful Recruitment in a Week (2012) https://books.google.ae/books?idp24GkAsgjGEC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIGjAA#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Managing Teams in a Week (2013) https://books.google.ae/books?idqZjO9_ov74EC&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIIDAB#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, Secrets of Success at Work – 50 techniques to excel (2014) https://books.google.ae/books?id4S7vAgAAQBAJ&printsecfrontcover&dqnigel+cumberland&hlen&saX&ved0ahUKEwjF75Xw0IHNAhULLcAKHazACBMQ6AEIJjAC#vonepage&qnigel%20cumberland&ffalse, p.36
“Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher
Source: The World as Will and Representation, Vol 1
“The years are too short, the days are too long.”
Joseph Heller book Something Happened
Something Happened (1974)
“Life's too short to be bitter, I'm too short to be bitter.”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
http://www.last.fm/user/helena_wanje.
Dale Carnegie book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Source: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
“Art is long, life is short.”
Ars longa, vita brevis.
Horace (-65–-8 BC) Roman lyric poet
Seneca's (De Brevitate Vitae, 1.1) Latin translation of the Greek by Hippocrates.
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