Hippocrates Quotes

Life is short, the art long.

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Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

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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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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.

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Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

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Walking is man's best medicine.

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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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