Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESThe chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Life is short, the art long.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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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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