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. …
HIPPOCRATESScience is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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Positive 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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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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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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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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