A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses. Hippocrates, Regimen in Health Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil. Hippocrates, Decorum Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy. Hippocrates, Law Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. Hippocrates, Law Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. Hippocrates, Precepts Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) As to diseases make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm. Hippocrates, Epidemics Greek physician (460 BC - 377 BC) Word is a shadow of a deed. Democritus, Fragment 145 Greek philosopher (460 BC - 370 BC) I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Socrates, from Plutarch, Of Banishment Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC) Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. Socrates, from Plutarch, How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC) I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. Socrates, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC) |