Memorable Quotes and quotations from HippocratesHippocrates Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC)Hippocrates - - To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance. Hippocrates - Regimen - Many admire, few know. Hippocrates - Precepts - Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. Hippocrates - Regimen - Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand. Hippocrates - Decorum - Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil. Hippocrates - - There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Hippocrates - Law - Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy. Hippocrates - - To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. Hippocrates - Epidemics - As to diseases make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. Hippocrates - Regimen in Health - 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 - Law - There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. |
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