"I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length."
— Avicenna

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in Avicenna (Ibn Sina): Muslim Physician And Philosopher of the Eleventh Century (2006), by Aisha Khan p. 85, which cites Genius of Arab Civilizations by M.A. Martin.