The higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism. — William Osler Copy Share Image
Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents. — William Osler Copy Share Image
To know just what has do be done, then to do it, comprises the whole philosophy of practical life. — William Osler Copy Share Image
Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off. — William Osler Copy Share Image
What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life. — William Osler Copy Share Image
Without faith a man can do nothing; with it all things are possible. — William Osler Copy Share Image
For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to… — William Osler Copy Share Image
Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may be thought, the… — William Osler Copy Share Image
As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that… — William Osler Copy Share
But whatever you do, take neither yourselves nor your fellow-creatures too seriously. There is tragedy enough in our daily routine, but there is room… — William Osler Copy Share
The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people… — William Osler Copy Share
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… — William Osler Copy Share
The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. — William Osler Copy Share
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. — William Osler Copy Share
He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all. — William Osler Copy Share
In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. — William Osler Copy Share
Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new… — William Osler Copy Share
