Prayer is indeed good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

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Original Citation

Hippocrates. Regimen. c. 4th century BC, regimen 4, sect. 87.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "A Regimen for Health." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.