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William Osler4 quotes
The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. — William Osler · 1904The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. — William Osler · 1902The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases. — William Osler · 1950Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature-subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. — William Osler · 1925