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title: "11 Great Physician Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God's mercies: your wounds do not surpass the great Physician's skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cyril-of-jerusalem/your-accumulated-offences-do-not-surpass-the-multitude-of-god-s/)

[Cyril of Jerusalem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cyril-of-jerusalem/)

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> [The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-osler/the-good-physician-treats-the-disease-the-great-physician-treats-the/)

[William Osler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-osler/)

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> [Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/sleep-thou-patron-of-mankind-great-physician-of-the-mind-who-does-nor/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> [“Jesus Christ, the holy Saviour is the Great Physician of Souls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/jesus-christ-the-holy-saviour-is-the-great-physician-of-souls/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/lailah-gifty-akita-11_healing_jesus-christ-the-holy-saviour-is-the-gre_68406.jpg)

> [“Feeling sick, sad? Call on the Great Physician. You don't need an appointment; He will see you right away!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evinda-lepins/feeling-sick-sad-call-on-the-great-physician-you-don-t-need-an/)

[Evinda Lepins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evinda-lepins/)

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> [All knowledge attains its ethical value and its human significance only by the human sense with which it is employed. Only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-nothnagel/all-knowledge-attains-its-ethical-value-and-its-human-significance/)

[Hermann Nothnagel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-nothnagel/)

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> [Christ is never fully valued, until sin is clearly seen. We must know the depth and malignity of our disease, in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/christ-is-never-fully-valued-until-sin-is-clearly-seen-we-must-know/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [Our Lord might be described as the great Physician, Healer, Engineer, Chief Scout, Foreman, Builder, or the like - all showing his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-r-mcconkie/our-lord-might-be-described-as-the-great-physician-healer-engineer/)

[Bruce R. McConkie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-r-mcconkie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/bruce-r-mcconkie-10372_attention_our-lord-might-be-described-as-the-great_1588616.jpg)

> [Whenever a great physician treats diseases, he has to be mentally calm and his disposition firm. He should not give way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-simiao/whenever-a-great-physician-treats-diseases-he-has-to-be-mentally-calm/)

[Sun Simiao](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-simiao/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/sun-simiao-59200_attitude_whenever-a-great-physician-treats-diseas_92220.jpg)

> [“Our wound is serious, but the Physician is all-powerful. Does it seem to you so small a mercy that, while you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine-of-hippo/our-wound-is-serious-but-the-physician-is-all-powerful-does-it-seem/)

[Saint Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine-of-hippo/)

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> [To multitudes of sufferers on beds of pain and languishing, Jesus has been the great physician to-day; in many a weeping circle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abbott-eliot-kittredge/to-multitudes-of-sufferers-on-beds-of-pain-and-languishing-jesus-has/)

[Abbott Eliot Kittredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abbott-eliot-kittredge/)

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