William Osler
Quotations
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“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.” -William Osler
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“There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.” -William Osler
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“No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.” -William Osler
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“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.” -William Osler
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“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.” -William Osler
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“We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.” -William Osler
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“The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” -William Osler
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“The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.” -William Osler
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“No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.” -William Osler
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“There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.” -William Osler
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To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals – this alone is worth the struggle. – William Osler
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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. – William Osler
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