Hippocrates Famous Quotes



"As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm."

Walking is man's best medicine.

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

"Many admire, few know."

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

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

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

Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.

"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 Quotations






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"Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom."
Bertrand Russell

The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
J Martin Kohe

Thought Why does man kill He kills for food. And not only food frequently there must be a beverage.
Woody Allen

"Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage."
Joseph Addison

Faith is a continuation of reason.
William Adams

"Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth."
Victor Borge

"You can't deny laughter when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants."
Stephen King

First Appeared in 1721
Proverb

"Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level."
A Alvarez

"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today."
William Allen White