The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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If 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 will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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Many admire, few know.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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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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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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