I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
HIPPOCRATESEach of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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…all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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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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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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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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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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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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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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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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