John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Hipporates 460- 370 BC John Bartlett
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| Life is short and the art long. 1 |
| Aphorism i. |
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| Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. 2 |
| Aphorism i. |
| Note 1. See Chaucer, Quotation 52. [back] |
| Note 2. See Shakespeare, Hamlet, Quotation 179. For a desperate disease a desperate cure.—Montaigne: Chap. iii. The Custom of the Isle of Cea. [back] |