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Quotations
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. — Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer 14 likes | |
Doctors are men who prescribe medicine of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, for human beings of which they know nothing. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 13 likes | |
To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 8 likes | |
Surgeons must have an Eagle’s eye, a Lion’s heart and a Lady’s hand. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 7 likes | |
Cure sometimes, treat often and comfort always. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 4 likes | |
In acute diseases it is not quite safe to prognosticate either death or recovery. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 3 likes | |
Physicians have this advantage: the sun lights their success and the earth covers their failures. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 2 likes | |
A great doctor kills more people than a great general. — Gottfried Leibnitz, 1646-1716, German philosopher & mathematician 2 likes | |
The doctors without customers are called scientists. — Pitigrilli (Dino Segre), 1893-1975, Italian writer 2 likes | |
It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying. | |
Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physician, yet is dead. |
Latin Quotes
First, do no harm. Primum, non nocere. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” (the origin is uncertain; Hippocrates’ works do not include this precise phrase) 83 likes |
Funny Quotes
I wanted to get a job as a gynecologist, but I couldn't find an opening. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 10 likes | |
A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 8 likes | |
Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do “practice”? — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 7 likes | |
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 5 likes | |
When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays. — Henry Youngman, 1906-1998, American comedian 4 likes | |
The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. — Jay Leno, 1950-, American TV host 4 likes | |
Medicine: “Your money and your life!” — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 3 likes |
Ancient Greek
Life is short and Art long; the opportunity fleeting, experience deceitful, and judgment difficult. Ο βίος βραχύς, η δε τέχνη μακρή, ο δε καιρός οξύς, η δε πείρα σφαλερή, η δε κρίσις χαλεπή. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” (the first phrase in the “Aphorisms”) 46 likes | |
It is not possible to know medicine without knowing what a human is. Ουκ ένι ιατρικήν είδέναι, όστις μη οίδεν ό τι εστίν άνθρωπος. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 42 likes | |
As to diseases, make a habit of two things, to help, or at least, to do no harm. Ασκείν περί τα νοσήματα δύο, ωφελείν ή μη βλάπτειν. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 6 likes | |
Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable. Οκόσα φάρμακα ουκ ιήται, σίδηρος ιήται, όσα σίδηρος ουκ ιήται, πυρ ιήται όσα δε πυρ ουκ ιήται, ταύτα χρη νομίζειν ανίατα. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” (iron=knife, fire=searing iron) 4 likes | |
Extreme remedies are the best for extreme diseases. Ες δε τα έσχατα νουσήματα αι έσχαται θεραπείαι ες ακριβείην, κράτισται. — Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine” 3 likes | |
The doctors like to overstate the bad things. Φιλούσι ιατροί λέγειν τά φαύλα μείζω. 3 likes | |
A physician is worth more than several other men put together. Ιητρὸς γαρ ανήρ πολλών αντάξιος άλλων. — Homer, c. 800-750 BC, Ancient Greek Poet ‐ Iliad XI 3 likes | |
Being a doctors for the others, he is himself full of ulcers. Άλλων ιατρός, αυτός έλκεσι βρύων. 3 likes | |
If doctors did not exist, there would be none more stupid than teachers. Ει μη ιατροί ήσαν, ουδέν αν ην των γραμματικών μωρότερων. — Athenaeus, 2nd-3rd cent. AD, Ancient Greek writer from Egypt |
Proverbs
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 4 likes |