οὐ πρὸς ἰατροῦ σοφοῦ θρηνεῖν ἐπῳδὰς πρὸς τομῶντι πήματι
From LSJ
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes Reversed)
it is not like a wise physician to mumble charms over a sore that calls for surgery, it is not like a wise physician to mutter charms over a wound that needs the knife
