He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
HIPPOCRATESFirst 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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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. …
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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