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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

~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.

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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

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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.

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There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

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It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.

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There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.

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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

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The future is today.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: July 12th, 1849

Died: December 29th, 1919

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