What did William Osler mean by: What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? William Osler Physician · Canada Copy
The higher the standard of education in a profession, the less marked will be the charlatanism. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Credibility, Education, Professionalism, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
Beware of people who call you ‘Doc.’ They rarely pay their bills. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Payment, Trust, Warning, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
+ Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Medicine, Probability, Uncertainty, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
Perhaps no sin so easily besets us as a sense of self-satisfied superiority to others. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Humility, Judgment, Pride, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
+ The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. Read explanation Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Desire, Instinct, Procreation, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
+ Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. Author, August 5, 2023January 2, 2025, William Osler, Health, Hygiene, Prevention, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
A well-trained, sensible doctor is one of the most valuable assets of a community. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Community, Healthcare, Value, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, William Osler, Egotism, Feeling, Laughter, 0 William Osler Physician · Canada
It is excruciating to be an unbeliever with a spirit that is deeply religious. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
