The art is long, life is short
HippocratesRead
The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Clarity in language is essential for effective communication.
Hippocrates emphasizes the importance of clarity in language as a fundamental virtue. Effective communication relies on the clear expression of ideas, enabling understanding and reducing misinterpretations. Without clarity, the intended message can be lost, leading to confusion and misunderstanding.
Themes
ClarityCommunicationLanguageUnderstandingExpression
In practice
Example use cases
During a presentation on public speaking, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of clear communication.
More from Hippocrates
All quotes βThe body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of this body, and through these he feels pain or enjoys health. Now he enjoys the most perfect health when these elements are duly proportioned to one another in respect of compounding, power and bulk, and when they are perfectly mingled.
HippocratesRead
That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
HippocratesRead
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
HippocratesRead
Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
HippocratesRead
Walking is man's best medicine.
HippocratesRead
Similar quotes
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
Marcus Tullius CiceroRead
My worst subject in school was school, but it turns out I'm great at starting them.
Bob GoffRead
Our attitude towards ourselves should be 'to be satiable in learning' and towards others 'to be tireless in teaching.
Mao ZedongRead
I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.
James DysonRead
If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.
Bruce LeeRead
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why.
Stephen ChboskyRead