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William Osler Quotes

It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice Picture Quote #1

Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential Picture Quote #1

It is not the delicate neurotic person who is prone to angina, but the robust, the vigorous in mind and body, the keen and ambitious man, the indicator of whose engines is always at full speed ahead Picture Quote #1

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public... Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy Picture Quote #1

Throw away all ambition beyond that of doing the day’s work well. The travelers on the road to success live in the present, heedless of taking thought for the morrow. Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your wildest ambition Picture Quote #1

We are constantly misled by the ease with which our minds fall into the ruts of one or two experiences Picture Quote #1

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The higher education so much needed today is not given in the school, is not to be bought in the market place, but it has to be wrought out in each one of us for himself; it is the silent influence of character on character Picture Quote #1

Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day absorb all your interest, energy and enthusiasm. The best preparation for tomorrow is to live today superbly well Picture Quote #1

Breathes there a man with soul so dead that it does not glow at the thought of what the men of his blood have done and suffered to make his country what it is? There is room, plenty of room, for proper pride of land and birth. What I inveigh against is a cursed spirit of intolerance, conceived in distrust and bred in ignorance, that makes the mental attitude perennially antagonistic, even bitterly antagonistic, to everything foreign, that subordinates everywhere the race to the nation, forgetting the higher claims of human brotherhood Picture Quote #1

It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works Picture Quote #1

The uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in political, and in professional life, if as a matter of course, men stopped work at this age Picture Quote #1

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable, and must be content with finding broken portions Picture Quote #1

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To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all Picture Quote #1

Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education Picture Quote #1

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission Picture Quote #1

When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them Picture Quote #1

One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong Picture Quote #1

Literature is full of examples of remarkable cures through the influence of the imagination, which is only an active phase of faith Picture Quote #1

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Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine, and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever Picture Quote #1

A desire to take medicine is, perhaps, the great feature which distinguishes man from other animals Picture Quote #1

There are only two sorts of doctors: those who practice with their brains, and those who practice with their tongues Picture Quote #1

Failure to examine the throat is a glaring sin of omission, especially in children. One finger in the throat and one in the rectum makes a good diagnostician Picture Quote #1

Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance Picture Quote #1

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold Picture Quote #1

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Every one of you will have to face the ordeal of every student in this generation who sooner or later tries to mix the waters of science with the oil of faith. You can have a good deal of both if you only keep them separate. The worry comes from the attempt at mixture Picture Quote #1

My second fixed idea is the uselessness of men above sixty years of age, and the incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, political, and in professional life, if as a matter of course, men stopped work at this age Picture Quote #1

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It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice (William Osler Quotes) Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential (William Osler Quotes) It is not the delicate neurotic person who is prone to angina, but the robust, the vigorous in mind and body, the keen and ambitious man, the indicator of whose engines is always at full speed ahead (William Osler Quotes) The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public... Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy (William Osler Quotes) Throw away all ambition beyond that of doing the day’s work well. The travelers on the road to success live in the present, heedless of taking thought for the morrow. Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your wildest ambition (William Osler Quotes) We are constantly misled by the ease with which our minds fall into the ruts of one or two experiences (William Osler Quotes) The higher education so much needed today is not given in the school, is not to be bought in the market place, but it has to be wrought out in each one of us for himself; it is the silent influence of character on character (William Osler Quotes) Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day absorb all your interest, energy and enthusiasm. The best preparation for tomorrow is to live today superbly well (William Osler Quotes) Breathes there a man with soul so dead that it does not glow at the thought of what the men of his blood have done and suffered to make his country what it is? There is room, plenty of room, for proper pride of land and birth. What I inveigh against is a cursed spirit of intolerance, conceived in distrust and bred in ignorance, that makes the mental attitude perennially antagonistic, even bitterly antagonistic, to everything foreign, that subordinates everywhere the race to the nation, forgetting the higher claims of human brotherhood (William Osler Quotes) It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works (William Osler Quotes) The uselessness of men above sixty years of age and the incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, in political, and in professional life, if as a matter of course, men stopped work at this age (William Osler Quotes) In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable, and must be content with finding broken portions (William Osler Quotes) To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all (William Osler Quotes) Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education (William Osler Quotes) The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission (William Osler Quotes) When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them (William Osler Quotes) One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong (William Osler Quotes) Literature is full of examples of remarkable cures through the influence of the imagination, which is only an active phase of faith (William Osler Quotes) Humanity has but three great enemies: fever, famine, and war; of these by far the greatest, by far the most terrible, is fever (William Osler Quotes) A desire to take medicine is, perhaps, the great feature which distinguishes man from other animals (William Osler Quotes) There are only two sorts of doctors: those who practice with their brains, and those who practice with their tongues (William Osler Quotes) Failure to examine the throat is a glaring sin of omission, especially in children. One finger in the throat and one in the rectum makes a good diagnostician (William Osler Quotes) Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance (William Osler Quotes) Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher’s stone which transmutes all the base metal of humanity into gold (William Osler Quotes) Every one of you will have to face the ordeal of every student in this generation who sooner or later tries to mix the waters of science with the oil of faith. You can have a good deal of both if you only keep them separate. The worry comes from the attempt at mixture (William Osler Quotes) My second fixed idea is the uselessness of men above sixty years of age, and the incalculable benefit it would be in commercial, political, and in professional life, if as a matter of course, men stopped work at this age (William Osler Quotes)

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