Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance.

Quote by William Osler

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There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the...

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

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...

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate...

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate...

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

The future is today.

The future is today.

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken...

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken...

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

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 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.

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to...

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to...

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...

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...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

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.

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

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.

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 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.