Herophilos quotes
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“To lose one's health renders science null, are inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless, and eloquence powerless.”
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“When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot become manifest, strength cannot be exerted, wealth is useless, and reason is powerless.”
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“The best physician is he who can distinguish the possible from the impossible.”
-- HerophilosSource : Sextus Empiricus in Adversus Ethicus XI.50
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.72, Simon and Schuster
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“Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.”
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“What used to be called prejudice is now called a null hypothesis.”
Source : A. W. F. Edwards (1984). “Likelihood”, p.180, CUP Archive
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Source : Alan Coren (2008). “Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Essential Alan Coren”, p.183, Canongate Books
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“Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.”
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