Hippocrates quotes
Born
c. 460 BC Kos, Ancient Greece.
Died
c. 370 BC.
Occupation
Physician.
Hippocrates was a Anicnet Greek physician who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
– Hippocrates
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
– Hippocrates
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.
– Hippocrates
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
– Hippocrates
Rest as soon as there is pain.
– Hippocrates
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
– Hippocrates
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
– Hippocrates
Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
– Hippocrates
Divine is the task to relieve pain.
– Hippocrates
A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
– Hippocrates
The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
– Hippocrates
Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
– Hippocrates
Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
– Hippocrates
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
– Hippocrates
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
– Hippocrates
The physician treats, but nature heals.
– Hippocrates
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.
– Hippocrates
Walking is man’s best medicine.
– Hippocrates
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
– Hippocrates
Health is the greatest of human blessings.
– Hippocrates
Sometimes give your services for nothing.
– Hippocrates
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
– Hippocrates
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
– Hippocrates
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
– Hippocrates
To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
– Hippocrates
All disease starts in the gut.
– Hippocrates
The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
– Hippocrates
It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
– Hippocrates
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.
– Hippocrates
Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
– Hippocrates
Walking is a man’s best medicine.
– Hippocrates
Sport is a preserver of health.
– Hippocrates
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
– Hippocrates
The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it.
– Hippocrates
The art is long, life is short.
– Hippocrates
Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
– Hippocrates
Many admire, few know.
– Hippocrates