Quote#Art
There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of…
Quote byWilliam Osler · 1849–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Educational Value of the Medical Society (1903).
English (original)
There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.
— William Osler
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