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William Osler Quote: “It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice.”

101. “It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Even in populous districts, the practice of medicine is a lonely road which winds up-hill all the way and a man may easily go astray and never reach the Delectable Mountains unless he early finds those shepherd guides of whom Bunyan tells, Knowledge, Experience, Watchful, and Sincere.”

102. “Even in populous districts, the practice of medicine is a lonely road which winds up-hill all the way and a man may easily go astray and never reach the Delectable Mountains unless he early finds those shepherd guides of whom Bunyan tells, Knowledge, Experience, Watchful, and Sincere.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.”

103. “There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away.”

104. “Quit worrying about your health. It’ll go away.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.”

105. “The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “The Scots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts – head, heart and haggis.”

106. “The Scots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts – head, heart and haggis.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to take him.”

107. “For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to take him.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “To have a group of cloistered clinicians away completely from the broad current of professional life would be bad for teacher and worse for student. The primary work of a professor of medicine in a medical school is in the wards, teaching his pupils how to deal with patients and their diseases.”

108. “To have a group of cloistered clinicians away completely from the broad current of professional life would be bad for teacher and worse for student. The primary work of a professor of medicine in a medical school is in the wards, teaching his pupils how to deal with patients and their diseases.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.”

109. “Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “The true poetry of life: the poetry of the commonplace, of the ordinary man, of the plain, toil-worn woman, with their loves and their joys, their sorrows and their griefs.”

110. “The true poetry of life: the poetry of the commonplace, of the ordinary man, of the plain, toil-worn woman, with their loves and their joys, their sorrows and their griefs.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with hearts given away, that t here is no place in your habit-stricken souls for those gentler influences which make your life worth living.”

111. “Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with hearts given away, that t here is no place in your habit-stricken souls for those gentler influences which make your life worth living.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.”

112. “Faith is a most precious commodity, without which we should be very badly off.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Fed on the dry husks of facts, the human heart has a hidden want which science cannot supply.”

113. “Fed on the dry husks of facts, the human heart has a hidden want which science cannot supply.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Nature, the great Moloch, which exacts a frightful tax of human blood, sparing neither young nor old; taking the child from the cradle, the mother from her babe, and the father from the family.”

114. “Nature, the great Moloch, which exacts a frightful tax of human blood, sparing neither young nor old; taking the child from the cradle, the mother from her babe, and the father from the family.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Save the fleeting minute; learn gracefully to dodge the bore.”

115. “Save the fleeting minute; learn gracefully to dodge the bore.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?”

116. “What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “The great majority gave no signs one way or the other; like birth, their death was a sleep and a forgetting.”

117. “The great majority gave no signs one way or the other; like birth, their death was a sleep and a forgetting.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.”

118. “Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public... Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy.”

119. “The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of tomorrow, are not fiery dragons interposed between the people and the books. They are useful public servants, who manage libraries in the interest of the public... Many still think that a great reader, or a writer of books, will make an excellent librarian. This is pure fallacy.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.”

120. “When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new life.”

121. “Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new life.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in you humdrum routine, the true poetry of life – the poetry of the commonplace, of the ordinary person, of the plain, toilworn, with their loves and their joys, their sorrows and griefs.”

122. “Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in you humdrum routine, the true poetry of life – the poetry of the commonplace, of the ordinary person, of the plain, toilworn, with their loves and their joys, their sorrows and griefs.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Taking a lady’s hand gives her confidence in her physician.”

123. “Taking a lady’s hand gives her confidence in her physician.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “That man can interrogate as well as observe nature was a lesson slowly learned in his evolution.”

124. “That man can interrogate as well as observe nature was a lesson slowly learned in his evolution.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works.”

125. “It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “At the outset do not be worried about this big question – Truth. It is a very simple matter if each one of you starts with the desire to get as much as possible. 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.”

126. “At the outset do not be worried about this big question – Truth. It is a very simple matter if each one of you starts with the desire to get as much as possible. 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.”

— William Osler

William Osler Quote: “Perfect happiness for student and teacher will come with the abolition of examinations, which are stumbling blocks and rocks of offense in the pathway of the true student.”

127. “Perfect happiness for student and teacher will come with the abolition of examinations, which are stumbling blocks and rocks of offense in the pathway of the true student.”

— William Osler

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