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A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!
William Osler
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William Osler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1849
Born: July 12
Died: 1919
Died: December 29
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Now of the difficulties bound up with the public in which we doctors work, I hesitate to speak in a mixed audience. Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.
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Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.
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Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.
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The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.
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Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis.
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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
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There are only two sorts of doctors those who practise with their brains, and those who practise with their tongues.
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Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints.
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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.
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