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- I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Plutarch, How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems
- I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
- Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), from Plutarch, Of Banishment
- As to diseases make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Epidemics
- Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Precepts
- There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Law
- Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Law
- Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Decorum
- 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 (460 BC - 377 BC), Regimen in Health
- Many admire, few know.
- Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Regimen
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