In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician
“Aequanimitas,” Valedictory Address, U. of Pennsylvania (1 May 1889)
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Osler, William
Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate the gift of taciturnity and consume your own smoke with an extra draught of hard work, so that those about you may not be annoyed with the dust and soot of your complaints.
Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician
Counsels and Ideals from the Writings of William Osler (1905)
The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.
Sir William Osler (1849-1919) Canadian physician
Montreal Medical Journal (1902)