There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESWhat medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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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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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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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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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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Divine is the task to relieve pain
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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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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In all abundance there is lack.
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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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