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Sir William Osler
British (Canadian-born) physician
| “ | Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. | ” |
| “ | Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows. | ” |
| “ | The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.
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| “ | To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all. | ” |
| “ | One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105 | ” |
| “ | The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
In H. Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler (1925) | ” |
| “ | Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.
to his students | ” |
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