I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
HIPPOCRATESIf someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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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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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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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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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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