The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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All disease begins in the gut.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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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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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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