--- title: "8 Healthy Quotes By Hippocrates" description: "8 Healthy quotes by Hippocrates. Plus more from Hippocrates and more Healthy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/hippocrates-2237_acquire_men-ought-to-know-that-from-nothing-else_85645.jpg" --- > [Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, 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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/hippocrates-2237_acquire_men-ought-to-know-that-from-nothing-else_85645.jpg) > [The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/the-dignity-of-a-physician-requires-that-he-should-look-healthy-and/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/hippocrates-2237_care_the-dignity-of-a-physician-requires-that_99018.jpg) > [The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/the-physician-must-have-at-his-command-a-certain-ready-wit-as/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e12/hippocrates-2237_certain_the-physician-must-have-at-his-command-a_385210.jpg) > [Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/wine-is-an-appropriate-article-for-mankind-both-for-the-healthy-body/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/hippocrates-2237_appropriate_wine-is-an-appropriate-article-for-manki_1224879.jpg) > [All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/all-parts-of-the-body-which-have-a-function-if-used-in-moderation-and/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/hippocrates-2237_age_all-parts-of-the-body-which-have-a-funct_1604964.jpg) > [In acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/in-acute-diseases-the-physician-must-conduct-his-inquiries-in-the/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/hippocrates-2237_being-the-best_in-acute-diseases-the-physician-must-con_1942238.jpg) > [All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/all-excesses-are-inimical-to-nature-it-is-safer-to-proceed-a-little/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/hippocrates-2237_excess_all-excesses-are-inimical-to-nature-it-i_2340713.jpg) > [Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippocrates/let-your-food-be-your-medicine-and-your-medicine-be-your-food/) [Hippocrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippocrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb5/hippocrates-2237_chiropractic_let-your-food-be-your-medicine-and-your_2464205.jpg) ## Other authors on Healthy ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/healthy/hippocrates/#itemlist", "name": "8 Healthy Quotes By Hippocrates", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. 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