In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. William Osler More Quotes by William Osler More Quotes From William Osler The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public . . . Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy. William Osler dragonsbookthinking In the Mortality Bills, pneumonia is an easy second, to tuberculosis; indeed in many cities the death-rate is now higher and it has become, to use the phrase of Bunyan 'the captain of the men of death.' William Osler pneumoniamenscience Laughter is the music of life. William Osler encouragementsuccesslife No man is really happy or safe without a hobby. William Osler hobbiessafemen For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to take him. William Osler librarywellsused The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances. William Osler crucibledestinyscience Conservatism and old fogeyism are totally different things; the motto of one is "Prove all things and hold fast that which is good" and of the other "Prove nothing but hold fast that which is old." William Osler mottoprovedifferent A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences. William Osler libraryweaknessmind A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and weakness, his prejudices and preferences. Particularly is this the case if, to the character of a collector, he adds - or tries to add - the qualities of a student who wishes to know the books and the lives of the men who wrote them. The friendships of his life, the phases of his growth, the vagaries of his mind, all are represented. William Osler charactermenbook The Scots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts - head, heart and haggis. William Osler canadathreeheart What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? William Osler ficklemistresslove It is not as if our homeopathic brothers are asleep: far from it, they are awake - many of them at any rate - to the importance of the scientific study of disease. William Osler brotheragedark What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life. William Osler equanimitytrialslife Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life. William Osler egotismlaughterfeelings We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. William Osler In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. William Osler Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance. William Osler The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. William Osler bestpreparationtomorrowworktoday To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all. William Osler gosailmedicalsea The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. William Osler onlymannaturaltwo
