"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."
-William Osler
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"The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.“
-William Osler
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"The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely."
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"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability."
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"The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it."
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"No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher."
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"The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease."
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"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."
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