Quotes of Hippocrates - somelinesforyou

“ 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

“ Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil. ”

- Hippocrates

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

- Hippocrates

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

- 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

“ Life is short, art is long. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ”

- 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

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

- Hippocrates

“ The natural healing force in each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Walking is man’s best medicine. ”

- Hippocrates

“ The life so short, the craft so long to learn. ”

- Hippocrates

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

- Hippocrates

“ Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. ”

- Hippocrates

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

- Hippocrates

“ First do no harm. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Ars longa vita brevis ”

- Hippocrates

“ The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm. ”

- Hippocrates

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

- Hippocrates

“ People think that epilepsy is divine simply because they don't have any idea what causes epilepsy. But I believe that someday we will understand what causes epilepsy, and at that moment, we will cease to believe that it's divine. And so it is with everything in the universe ”

- Hippocrates

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

- Hippocrates

“ As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm. ”

- Hippocrates

“ The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no 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

“ 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

“ Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Doing nothing is sometimes a good remedy. ”

- Hippocrates

“ Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no 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
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