205 Quotes by Hippocrates

A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.

Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.

Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.

That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.

Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.

Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?

In all abundance there is lack.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it.

That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.