William Osler Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.”

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

“The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.”

“No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; and even the best of men must be content with fragments, with partial glimpses, never the full fruition.”

“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”

“It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.”

“There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.”

“In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.”

“The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.”

“There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.”