Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
HIPPOCRATESIf 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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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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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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Divine is the task to relieve pain
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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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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All disease starts in the gut.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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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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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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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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