Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed…

Quote by William Osler

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The future is today.

The future is today.

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.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

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 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.

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

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.

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.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.