There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESIt is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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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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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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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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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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Life is short, the art long.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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