Monday, October 8, 2012

Hippocrates Quotes

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm. 
Hippocrates 


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


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 


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


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 


It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. 
Hippocrates 

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


Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease. 
Hippocrates 


Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always. 
Hippocrates 


Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. 
Hippocrates 


To do nothing is also a good remedy. 
Hippocrates 


Many admire, few know. 
Hippocrates 


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


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


The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words. 
Hippocrates 


Everything in excess is opposed to nature. 
Hippocrates 


Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand. 
Hippocrates 


Life is short, the art long. 
Hippocrates 


Walking is man's best medicine. 
Hippocrates 


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


It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has. 
Hippocrates 


The life so short, the craft so long to learn. 
Hippocrates 


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


What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will. 
Hippocrates 


The art is long, life is short. 
Hippocrates

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