A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
HIPPOCRATESWhat medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
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First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.
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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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All disease begins in the gut.
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Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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