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“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

“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ”
― Hippocrates

“Walking is man's best medicine. ”
― Hippocrates

“Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.”
― Hippocrates

“Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.”
― Hippocrates

“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.”
― Hippocrates

“Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)”
― Hippocrates

“The soul is the same in all living creatures although the body of each is different. ”
― Hippocrates

“It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.”
― Hippocrates

“Ars longa,
vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile.

Life is short,
[the] art long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment dangerous,
judgment difficult.”
― Hippocrates

“That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.”
― Hippocrates

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

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

“Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.”
― Hippocrates

“There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.”
― Hippocrates

“Ars longa, vita brevis”
― Hippocrates

“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.”
― Hippocrates

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

“Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.”
― Hippocrates

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.”
― Hippocrates

“Let food be your Medicine.”
― Hippocrates

“The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.”
― Hippocrates

“Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.”
― Hippocrates, The Works of Hippocrates

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