An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
HIPPOCRATESIf someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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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.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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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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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
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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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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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Life is short, the art long.
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