Aging Quote by William Osler

“A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!” quote by William Osler — Download Open image

“A man is sane morally at thirty, rich mentally at forty, wise spiritually at fifty-or never!”

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As it can be maintained that all the great advances have come from men under forty, so the history of the world shows that a very large proportion of the evils may be traced to the sexagenarians, nearly all the great mistakes politically and socially, all of the worst poems, most of the bad pictures, a majority of the bad…

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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…

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Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

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The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people…

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The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

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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…

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The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

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The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.

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He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

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Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new…

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