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Hippocrates
Greek
Scientist
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Will
#Fire
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Man
#Gods
#Prayer
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Science
#Ignorance
#Knowledge
#Opinion
#Father
The art is long, life is short.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Life
#Art
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Words
#Nothing
#Language
#Virtue
The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Life
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Science
#Ignorance
#Knowledge
#Fact
#Opinion
Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Disease
Walking is man's best medicine.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Man
#Walking
#Medicine
Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Lie
#Faults
Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Harm
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Love
#Art
#Humanity
#Medicine
To do nothing is also a good remedy.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Nothing
Many admire, few know.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
Life is short, the art long.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Life
#Art
It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Disease
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Disease
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.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Right
#Exercise
#Health
Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Time
#Opportunity
#Healing
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Extreme
#Remedies
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Nature
#Excess
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Comfort
#Cure
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.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Thought
#Man
#Health
#Blessings
A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Right
#Knowledge
#Astrology
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
Hippocrates,
Greek
Scientist
#Habit
#Help
#Harm