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> [Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/men-ought-to-know-that-from-nothing-else-but-the-brain-come-joys/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

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> [Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. ... It is the same thing which makes us mad or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/men-ought-to-know-that-from-the-brain-and-from-the-brain-only-arise/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

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## More by Hippocrates

> [Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/men-ought-to-know-that-from-nothing-else-but-the-brain-come-joys/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [But medicine has long had all its means to hand, and has discovered both a principle and a method, through which the discoveries made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/but-medicine-has-long-had-all-its-means-to-hand-and-has-discovered/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/the-dignity-of-a-physician-requires-that-he-should-look-healthy-and/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/i-will-follow-that-system-of-regimen-which-according-to-my-ability/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/there-are-in-fact-two-things-science-and-opinion-the-former-begets/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/the-soul-is-the-same-in-all-living-creatures-although-the-body-of/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/everyone-has-a-doctor-in-him-or-her-we-just-have-to-help-it-in-its/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/sleep-and-watchfulness-both-of-them-when-immoderate-constitute-disease/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [War is the only proper school of the surgeon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/war-is-the-only-proper-school-of-the-surgeon/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [All diseases begin in the gut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/all-diseases-begin-in-the-gut/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/each-of-the-substances-of-a-man-s-diet-acts-upon-his-body-and-changes/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [Medicine in its present state is, it seems to me, by now completely discovered, insofar as it teaches in each instance the particular details…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/medicine-in-its-present-state-is-it-seems-to-me-by-now-completely/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/things-that-are-holy-are-revealed-only-to-men-who-are-holy/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/a-sensible-man-ought-to-think-about-that-well-being-is-the-best-of/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

> [Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/whoever-wishes-to-investigate-medicine-should-proceed-thus-in-the/)

[Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/)

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