Author: William Osler

Quotes

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.

- William Osler

The future is today.

The future is today.

- William Osler

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

- William Osler

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

- William Osler

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

- William Osler

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

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

- William Osler

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

- William Osler

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

- William Osler

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.

- William Osler

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