Top 166 Quotes & Sayings by Hippocrates

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greek scientist Hippocrates.

Last updated on December 23, 2024.

Hippocrates of Kos, also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine" in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field, such as the use of prognosis and clinical observation, the systematic categorization of diseases, or the formulation of humoural theory. The Hippocratic school of medicine revolutionized ancient Greek medicine, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields with which it had traditionally been associated, thus establishing medicine as a profession.

Greek - Scientist | 460 BC - 370 BC

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

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To do nothing is also a good remedy.

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

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

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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.

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

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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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Life is short, the art long.

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Walking is man's best medicine.

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

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

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

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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

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The art is long, life is short.

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

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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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

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

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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.

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

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

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

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

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Many admire, few know.

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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.

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Sport is a preserver of health.

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

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Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food.

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That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.

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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)

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

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

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Positive health requires a knowledge of man's primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known. The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.

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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

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Walking is a man's best medicine.

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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure

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

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The physician treats, but nature heals.

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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.

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Health is the greatest of human blessings.

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If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.

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Rest as soon as there is pain.

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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.

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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.

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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. ... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.

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Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.

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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.

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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.

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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.

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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

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All disease starts in the gut.

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Nature itself is the best physician.

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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.

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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.

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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.

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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.

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