Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
HIPPOCRATESIt’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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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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Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
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War is the only proper school of the surgeon.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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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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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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