Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions? Hippocrates More Quotes by Hippocrates More Quotes From Hippocrates For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art. Hippocrates lovemenart First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place. Hippocrates educationscienceart Life is short, the art long. Hippocrates lifelongart Timidity betrays want of powers, and audacity a want of skill. There are, indeed, two things, knowledge and opinion, of which the one makes its possessor really to know, the other to be ignorant. Hippocrates ignorantskillstwo The chief virtue that language can have is clarity. Hippocrates plain-languageeditingwriting It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)...regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another. Hippocrates temperatureagedark The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of this body, and through these he feels pain or enjoys health. Now he enjoys the most perfect health when these elements are duly proportioned to one another in respect of compounding, power and bulk, and when they are perfectly mingled. Hippocrates painhealthscience There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy. Hippocrates breathingflowcommon I am about to discuss the disease called 'sacred'. It is not, in my opinion, any more divine or more sacred that other diseases, but has a natural cause, and its supposed divine origin is due to men's inexperience, and to their wonder at its peculiar character. Hippocrates inexperiencecharactermen Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different. Hippocrates malessoullife Life is short and the art long. Hippocrates life-is-shortlongart Those things which are sacred, are to be imparted only to sacred persons; and it is not lawful to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science. Hippocrates sacredmysterypersons Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears. Hippocrates laughterpaingrief If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry. Hippocrates ambitionsakewish The art is long, life is short Hippocrates short-lifelife-is-shortart For extreme illnesses extreme treatments are most fitting. Hippocrates treatmentillnessfitting I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion. Hippocrates abortionmedicinegiving As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. 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 Nature itself is the best medicine. Hippocrates
