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No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.

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William Osler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1849
Born: July 12
Died: 1919
Died: December 29
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The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
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Happiness lies in the absorption in some vocation which satisfies the soul.
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Taking a lady's hand gives her confidence in her physician.
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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.
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Care more for the individual patient than for the special features of the disease. . . . Put yourself in his place . . . The kindly word, the cheerful greeting, the sympathetic look - these the patient understands.
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