Quote by William Osler
In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be c

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. – William Osler

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The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest…. – William Osler

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There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs. – William Osler

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Truth
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In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted. – Michael Musto

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A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it. – Max Planck

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For truth is always strange stranger than fiction. – Lord Byron

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All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified. – Thomas Huxley

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