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Amiel's grave . Although modest in volume of output, Amiel's Journal gained a sympathy that the author had failed to obtain in his life. In addition to the Journal, he produced several volumes of poetry and wrote studies on Erasmus, Madame de Stael and other writers. [1]
The first-century CE rabbi Tarfon is quoted as saying "The day is short, the labor vast, the workers are lazy, the reward great, the Master urgent." (Avot 2:15). A light-hearted version in England, thought to have originated in Shropshire, is the pun "Bars longa, vita brevis" i.e. so many bars (or pubs) to visit, in so short a life.
After the introduction (§1), Seneca reviews (§2–3) the distractions which make life seem short, and explains that people are great wasters of time. He then offers (§4–6) three examples of famous Romans (Augustus, Cicero and Livius Drusus) who, in various ways, were victims of the engrossed life. He explains (§7–8) that the engrossed ...
Amiel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Barbara Amiel (born 1940), writer and wife of Conrad Black; Gausbert Amiel (fl. 13th century), troubadour; Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881), Swiss philosopher, poet and critic; Jack Amiel (fl. 20th–21st century), American screenwriter
The title is an aphorism attributed to Hippocrates usually rendered as "Art is long, life is short"; Keith Emerson's interpretation of this can be gauged from his sleevenote: Newton's first law of motion states a body will remain at rest or continue with uniform motion in a straight line unless acted on by a force. This time the force happened ...
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life is brief fall in love, maidens before his hands take up his boat before the flush of his cheeks fades for there is not a person who comes hither. life is brief fall in love, maidens before the boat drifts away on the waves before the hand resting on your shoulder becomes frail for there is no reach here for the sight of others. life is brief
Critical reception for A Life Too Short has been positive, with the book receiving the 2011 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. [2] The Guardian praised A Life too Short as "eloquent and sensitive", [3] and William Hill co-founder Graham Sharpe stated it was "an outstanding piece of sportswriting".