Noun
The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThose who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. Jean de La Bruyère
Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. Lewis Mumford
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it. Arthur Schopenhauer
Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders. Baltasar Gracián
The insolence of shortness is to stretch itself big. Lamba Proverb
The insolence of shortness is to stretch itself big. Bantu Proverb