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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

Hippocrates

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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Cure Disease Fire Iron Medicine Those
The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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Death Develop Human Soul Time Up
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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According Agreeably Do Everything Indication May Medication Out Thing Turn
Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Pain Rest Soon
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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Ambition Audience Avoid Citation Crowd Hold Laudable Least Lecture Sake Wish
Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Bring never Only Pain Silence Sorrow Thirsty
From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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Brain Despondency Else From Joy Lamentation Nothing Sorrow Sport
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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Al Alone Care Complete Eat Even Excercise Keep Known Man Must Take When
Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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Call Cause Cease Divine Epilepsy Men Merely Think Understand
Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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Condition Conscious Contentment Goodness Helth Perilous Recover Some Patient
Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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Food Let Medicine
And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
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All Case Condition Establish Opposite Principle Sometimes Those Treat
I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
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Ability According Help Injury Judgement Low never Sick Treatment Use Will Wrongdoing
An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Bad Insolent Person Polite Reply Sign
It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Better Drink Food Full
If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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Doctor Fool Good Not Own

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

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