Quote#Self
Keen sensibility is doubtless a virtue of high order, when it does…
Quote byWilliam Osler · 1849–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Aequanimitas (1889).
English (original)
Keen sensibility is doubtless a virtue of high order, when it does not interfere with steadiness of hand or coolness of nerve; but for the practitioner in his working-day world, a callousness which thinks only of the good to be effected, and goes ahead regardless of smaller considerations, is the preferable quality.
— William Osler
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