’Tis a portentous sign / When a man sweats and at the same time shivers.
—Plautus, c. 180 BCQuotes
Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.
—Richard Krause, 1982I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902The best quarantine is hygiene.
—Richard D. Arnold, 1871Health in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.
—Helen Keller, 1936If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare.
—George W. Bush, 2005The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
—Marianne Moore, 1935We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845In times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.
—Jacme d’Agramont, 1348Health can make money, but money cannot make health.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1833Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.
—Hans Zinsser, 1935The sick man is the parasite of society.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1889Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.
—Thomas Mann, 1924