Hippocrates
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
HippocratesMany admire, few know.
HippocratesTo do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
HippocratesThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
HippocratesIt is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
HippocratesHealing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
HippocratesThere are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.
HippocratesEveryone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
HippocratesPrayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
HippocratesA physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
HippocratesIdleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.
HippocratesExtreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
HippocratesIf 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.
HippocratesA 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.
HippocratesThings that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
HippocratesTo really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
HippocratesWalking is man's best medicine.
HippocratesEverything in excess is opposed to nature.
HippocratesKeep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
HippocratesThe art is long, life is short.
HippocratesCure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
HippocratesNatural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
Hippocrates
