"The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease." ― William Osler Topic(s): Good More From William Osler "No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher." "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability." "The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely." More In Good "I think that the good and the great are only separated by the willingness to sacrifice."― Kareem Abdul-Jabbar "We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne."― Marcus Aurelius "A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked."― Bernard Meltzer