Hippocrates Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Hippocrates quotes, Hippocrates sayings, and Hippocrates proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates
Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach. Hippocrates
Persons in whom a crisis takes place pass the night preceding the paroxysm uncomfortably, but the succeeding night generally more comfortably. Hippocrates
If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk. Hippocrates
Persons who have a painful affection in any part of the body, and are in a great measure sensible of the pain, are disordered in intellect. Hippocrates
If you are in a bad mood go for a walk.If you are still in a bad mood go for another walk. Hippocrates
Walking is man's best medicine. Hippocrates
Opposites are cures for opposites. Hippocrates
Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy. Hippocrates
The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm. Hippocrates
Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases. Hippocrates
It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine. Hippocrates
Stop wishing. Start doing. Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates
Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health. Hippocrates
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates
Look well to the spine for the cause of disease. Hippocrates
Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. Hippocrates
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates
He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war. Hippocrates
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. Hippocrates
Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time. Hippocrates
The life so short, the craft so long to learn. Hippocrates
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. Hippocrates