No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.

Quote by William Osler

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No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

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

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

Avoid wine and women -- choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably...

Avoid wine and women -- choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably...

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

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

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the...

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the...

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read...

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read...

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his...

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his...

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but...

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but...

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.