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Hippocrates quotes

c. 460 BC–c. 370 BC · Greek physician

The "father of medicine" gave his name to a large body of ancient medical writing. "Let food be thy medicine" is not in it.

1 real · 1 not theirs

1 quotes traced to Hippocrates's own work or a reliable witness.

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Life is short, the art long.

Source: Aphorisms I.1 ("Ars longa, vita brevis" in Latin)

1 famous lines credited to Hippocrates that are misquoted, unsourced or belong to someone else.

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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.

Actually: Not found in the Hippocratic writings; it appears in the 20th century.