Today Quotes
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Word is a shadow of a deed.Democritus, Fragment 145
As to diseases make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm.Hippocrates, Epidemics
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.Hippocrates, Precepts
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.Hippocrates, Law
Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.Hippocrates, Law
Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.Hippocrates, Decorum
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, Regimen in Health
Many admire, few know.Hippocrates, Regimen
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.Hippocrates, Regimen
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.Thucydides, Peloponnesian War