The chief merit of language is clearness, and we know that nothing detracts so much from this as do unfamiliar terms.
Confidence and hope do more good than physic. - Galen
Confidence and hope do more good than physic.
- Galen
He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus… - Galen
He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus…
Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn! - Galen
Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!
All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die. - Galen
All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die.
The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as i… - Galen
The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as i…
After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster. - Galen
After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.
Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness. - Galen
Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness.
The physician is only nature's assistant. - Galen
The physician is only nature's assistant.
Who Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust? - Galen
Who Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust?
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