All William Osler Quotes
- There are only two sorts of doctors; those who practise with their brains, and those who practise with their tongues. Brain
- There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to… Antidote
- The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. Beget
- By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy-indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from… Absorption
- There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter… Analysis
- The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest. Become One
- The young doctor should look about early for an avocation, a pastime, that will take him away from patients, pills, and potions… Avocation
- 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 too… Absurdities
- One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in… Advantage
- Taking a lady's hand gives her confidence in her physician. Confidence
- No dreams, no visions, no delicious fantasies, no castles in the air, with which, as the old song so truly says, hearts are broken, heads… Air
- Now the way of life that I preach is a habit to be acquired gradually by long and steady repetition. It is the practice of… Acquired
- Avoid wine and women - choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably more amiable. Amiable
- It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its… Brought
- Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis, Diagnosis
- To have a group of cloistered clinicians away completely from the broad current of professional life would be bad for teacher and worse for student.… Away Completely
- Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows. All
- To do today's work well and not to bother about tomorrow is the secret of accomplishment Accomplishment
- There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta. Aneurysm
- Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the true philosopher's stone which transmutes all the base metal of… All
- Too many men slip early out of the habit of studious reading, and yet that is essential. Early
- A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and weakness, his prejudices and preferences. Particularly is this the case… Add
- To confess ignorance is often wiser than to beat about the bush with a hypothetical diagnosis. Beat
- Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken. Advice
- The higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism. Charlatanism