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William Osler was a renowned Canadian physician, considered one of the founders of modern medical education. Born on July 12, 1849, he passed away on December 29, 1919. Osler made significant contributions to the fields of pathology, clinical medicine, and medical education.

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“Laughter is the music of life.”

Life Success Laughter Encouragement Bad Day

Book:Men and books: collected and reprinted from the Canadian Medical Association Journal

Source: Men and books: collected and reprinted from the Canadian Medical Association Journal

“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.”

Knows Men Life Humans Whole Human Beings Humility Glimpse Fragments Fruition Whole Truth Best Of Me Nothing But The Truth Partial Truth

Book:Osler's

Source: Osler's

“There is no more potent antidote to the corroding influence of mammon than the presence in the community of a body of men devoted to science, living for investigation and caring nothing for the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.”

Men Life Body Eye Science Community Influence Pride Caring Lust Investigation Devoted Antidote

Book:Osler's

Source: Osler's

“There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in the merry voice of childhood, the expression of a laughter - loving spirit that defies analysis by the philosopher, which has nothing rigid or mechanical in it, and totally without social significance. Bubbling spontaneously from the heart of child or man. Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.”

Men Life Heart Children Feelings Form Spirit Social Voice Heard Childhood Expression Spring Laughter Philosopher Uplifting Analysis Significance Egotism Merry

Author:William Osler

“We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.”

Life Inspirational Motivational Add Bad Ass Practice Of Medicine

Book:Osler's

Source: Osler's

“Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.”

Knows Life Two Body Faces Law Individual Conditions Health Disease Medicine Behave Abnormal Diseased Laws Of Life Normal And Abnormal Variability

Book:Aequanimitas

Source: Aequanimitas

“Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas!”

Life Giving Strong Principles Danger Failure Despair Ideals Adversity Patient Calm Disappointment Trials Superiors Hopelessness Never Give In

Author:William Osler

“We are all dietetic sinners; only a small percent of what we eat nourishes us; the balance goes to waste and loss of energy.”

Life Energy Loss Food Balance Waste Percent Sinner

Book:The Quotable Osler

Source: The Quotable Osler

“What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life.”

Life Trials Superiors Equanimity

Book:The Quotable Osler

Source: The Quotable Osler

“Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with hearts given away, that t here is no place in your habit-stricken souls for those gentler influences which make your life worth living.”

Life Heart May Soul Care Given Influence Habit Waste Late Lays Spending Live Life Too Late Worth Living Life Worth Living

Book:The Quotable Osler

Source: The Quotable Osler

About the Author

Born: July 12, 1849
Died: December 29, 1919
Known for: Physician
Quotes: 135

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Aequanimitas, and Other Papers that Have Stood the Test of Time. [With an Introd. by Paul Dudley White]Related source material

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A Way of LifeRelated source material

Bibliotheca Osleriana: A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and ScienceRelated source material

The Treatment of diseaseRelated source material

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