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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.

A suprising number of physicians manage to continue to care about persons even after the rigors of medical training.

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

'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

Physicians are like kings- They brook no contradiction.

'The Duchess of Malfi' (1623) act 5, sc. 2, l. 72

Feed by measure, and defy the physician.

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