Life is short, the art long.
HIPPOCRATESThe physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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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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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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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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The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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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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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Your foods shall be your ‘remedies,’ and your ‘remedies’ shall be your foods.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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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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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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