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Hippocrates

Read through the most famous quotes from Hippocrates




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


— Hippocrates


#also #faults #keep #lie #make

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.


— Hippocrates


#medicine #thy

The art is long, life is short.


— Hippocrates


#life #life is short #long #short

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


— Hippocrates


#fire #heal #lance #medicines #will

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


— Hippocrates


#far #important #know #more #person

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


#amount #could #every #exercise #found

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


— Hippocrates


#also #healing #matter #opportunity #sometimes

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


#blessings #consider #derive #greatest #health

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.


— Hippocrates


#comfort #cure #often #sometimes #treat

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


— Hippocrates


#important #know #more #person #sort






About Hippocrates

Hippocrates Quotes




Did you know about Hippocrates?

Hippocrates was reluctant to administer drugs and engage in specialized treatment that might prove to be wrongly chosen; generalized therapy followed a generalized diagnosis. Hippocrates II. Now the physician focuses on specific diagnosis and specialized treatment both of which were espoused by the Knidian school.

He is referred to as the father of western medicine in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine. Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician credited with coining the Hippocratic Oath still relevant and in use today.

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