Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.

Quote by William Osler

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

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

The future is today.

The future is today.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

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 young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician...

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to...

I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to...