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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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...

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.

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...

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so...

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate

All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions

Passion is the genesis of genius

Passion is the genesis of genius