Hippocrates Quotes

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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

Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.

Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always.

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.

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

As to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm.

Let food be thy your medicine

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

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.

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

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What remains in diseases after the crisis is apt to produce relapses.

Both sleep and insomnolency, when immoderate, are bad.