18 Quotes By Hippocrates


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

Life is short, the art long.
Hippocrates on art

Walking is man's best medicine.
Hippocrates on best

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 on fitness

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
Hippocrates on food

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

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 on health

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 on health

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

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

There are in fact two things, science and opinion the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.
Hippocrates on knowledge

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

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
Hippocrates on nature

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

There are in fact two things, science and opinion the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.
Hippocrates on science

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

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
Hippocrates on health

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
Hippocrates on nature