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William James Mayo: The examining physician...

William James Mayo: The examining physician...

The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the...

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John Abernethy: There is no...

John Abernethy: There is no...

There is no short cut, nor royal road, to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is...

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Han Suyin: There is nothing...

Han Suyin: There is nothing...

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Source: A Many Spendored...

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Stanislaw Lem: When smashing momuments,...

Stanislaw Lem: When smashing momuments,...

When smashing momuments, save the pedestals -- they always come in handy.

Source:...

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Clara Barton: Everybody's business is...

Clara Barton: Everybody's business is...

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

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Elizabeth Kenny: Some minds remain...

Elizabeth Kenny: Some minds remain...

Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit...

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Elizabeth Kenny: The American doctor...

Elizabeth Kenny: The American doctor...

The American doctor possesses a combination of conservatism and . . . an eagerness to know what it is really all...

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Edward Jenner: I shall endeavour...

Edward Jenner: I shall endeavour...

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of...

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Peter Mere Latham: It would be...

Peter Mere Latham: It would be...

It would be a great thing to understand Pain in all its meanings.

Source: General...

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Austin O'Malley: The smaller the...

Austin O'Malley: The smaller the...

The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Austin O'Malley: God shows his...

Austin O'Malley: God shows his...

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.

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Thomas Browne: We carry with...

Thomas Browne: We carry with...

We carry with us the wonders we seek without us.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed....

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Booker T Washington: Excellence is to...

Booker T Washington: Excellence is to...

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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A J Balfour: He has only...

A J Balfour: He has only...

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the even more refined accomplishments of skipping...

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Pericles: For famous men...

Pericles: For famous men...

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

Source: History of the...

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A J Balfour: Biography should be...

A J Balfour: Biography should be...

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

Source: Quoted in: Observer ...

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Alexander Hamilton: Men often oppose...

Alexander Hamilton: Men often oppose...

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by...

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: We can only...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: We can only...

We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not on possibilities

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Henry St John Bolingbroke: Nations, like men,...

Henry St John Bolingbroke: Nations, like men,...

Nations, like men, have their infancy.

Source: On the Study and Uses of History,...

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Edward Hoagland: City people try...

Edward Hoagland: City people try...

City people try to buy time as a rule, when they can, whereas country people are prepared to kill time, although both...

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