Fire, the sea, and woman; these are three ills.
Illness Quotes
There is, let us confess it (and illness is the great confessional), a childish outspokenness in illness; things are said, truths blurted out, which the cautious respectability of health conceals. About sympathy for example – we can do without it. That illusion of a world so shaped that it echoes every groan, of human beings […]
Every invalid is a prisoner.
God and the doctor, We both adore In time of trouble, Not before. Illness cured, Reverses righted, God is forgotten, The doctor slighted.
I enjoy convalescence. It’s the part that makes the illness worthwhile.
The common cold, if left untreated, lasts about two weeks. If treated with medication and rest, it lasts about fourteen days.
The surly bird gets the germ.
Epidemics have often been more influential than statesmen and soldiers in shaping the course of political history, and diseases may also color the moods of civilizations.
Once Antigonus was told his son was ill, and went to see him. At the door he met some young beauty. Going in, he sat down by the bed and took his pulse. “The fever,” said Demetrius, “has just left me.” – ” Oh, yes,” replied the father, “I met it going out at the […]
The incurable ills are the imaginary ills.
