Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
HIPPOCRATESThe chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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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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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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