And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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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.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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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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