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.
HIPPOCRATESEven 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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In all abundance there is lack.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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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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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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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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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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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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