Otto Eisenschiml Quotes

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Learn as much as you can, but remember that wisdom is more than a mere accumulation of facts. No one hires a man because he knows the encyclopedia by heart.

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Fine ideas, unless put into words, are like water in a jug which has no outlet.

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Holotypes, syntypes, lectotypes, and neotypes are the bearers of the scientific names of all animal taxa. They are the international standards of reference that provide objectivity in zoological nomenclature. They are held in trust for science by all zoologists and by persons responsible for their safe keeping.

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Wisdom, if inarticulate, is as impotent as loud-mouthed stupidity.

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The best physician must fail if his treatment is based on a wrong diagnosis.

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The wise physician... knows when not to prescribe.

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Science seeks to build, not to destroy; to aid, not to hinder.

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The wise physician avoids the knife; if he prescribes a bitter draft, he prescribes it in small doses or sweetens it to disguise its taste.

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The surgeon who has performed scores of brilliant operations is less talked about than the one who has inadvertently killed a patient; the pharmacist who has carefully filled prescriptions for a lifetime remains obscure, but will gain publicity by a single oversight.

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