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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A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and...

A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and...

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...

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 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...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

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...

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...

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 greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

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...

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

The future is today.

The future is today.

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...

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...

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

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.

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

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

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn...

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn...

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...