Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
HIPPOCRATESPositive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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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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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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