There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESFrom nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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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.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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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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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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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and also because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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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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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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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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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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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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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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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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The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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