Hippocrates Quotes

Greek physician (c. 460 – c. 370 BC)

Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης) of Kos (c. 460 BC - 377 BC) was an ancient Greek physician who is referred to as the "father of medicine".

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Native Name: Ἱπποκράτης

Alternative Names: Hippokrates • Hippokrates of Kos • Hippocrates of Cos • Hippocrates II

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There is an art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife

"Food as medicine: "Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food.

"Ars longa, vita brevis, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium difficile" (Life is short, [the] craft long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult)

Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.