Hippocrates

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

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

Persons in whom a crisis takes place pass the night preceding the paroxysm uncomfortably but the succeeding night generally more comfortably.

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

Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it

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

Let food be thy medicine thy medicine shall be thy food.

Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.

Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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

Persons who have a painful affection in any part of the body and are in a great measure sensible of the pain are disordered in intellect.

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

The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.

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

Men think epilepsy divine merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have the safest way to health.

Men think epilepsy divine merely because they do not understand it. But if they called everything divine which they do not understand why there would be no end to divine things.

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

If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk.

Walking is man's best medicine.

Divine is the task to relieve pain.

To do nothing is also a good remedy.

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

The art is long, life is short.

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

Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

The life so short the craft so long to learn.

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.

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

Life is short, the art long.

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

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

Opposites are cures for opposites.

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

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

Get knowledge of the spine for this is the requisite for many diseases.

Cure sometimes treat often comfort always.

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.

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

Many admire, few know.

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.

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.

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

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

Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.

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