Physicians Quotes - Page 10
As far as physicians go, chance is more valuable than knowledge.
"Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Book II, Ch. 37, 1595.
Gregory Bateson, Mary Catherine Bateson (1987). “Angels fear: towards an epistemology of the sacred”, MacMillan Publishing Company
A half-educated physician is not valuable. He thinks he can cure everything.
Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.84, Courier Corporation
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.
Tusculanarum Disputationum Bk III, Ch. 3
'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.186, Tara Publishing
Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.259, Simon and Schuster
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1837). “Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides ...”, p.200
War and Peace Pt 9, Ch. 16
Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting
'The Duchess of Malfi' (1623) act 5, sc. 2, l. 72
John Selden (1819). “Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq”, p.145
John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.366
There is no health; physicians say that we, at best, enjoy but neutrality.
John Donne, Izaak Walton (1855). “The Poetical Works of Dr. John Donne: With a Memoir”, p.81