Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education.
— William Osler
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To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals — this alone is worth the struggle.
Sir William Osler : Aphorisms (1950)
No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.
The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission.
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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
The Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
Acquire the art of detachment, the virtue of method, and the quality of thoroughness, but above all the grace of humility.
Sir William Osler : Aphorisms (1950)
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