How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! He is his own exclusive object.
—Charles Lamb, 1833Quotes
Hygienic law, like martial law, supersedes rights in crises.
—Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1913If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.
—Richard Krause, 1982Ours is an age which consciously pursues health, and yet only believes in the reality of sickness.
—Susan Sontag, 1963Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.
—Bian Qiao, c. 500 BCThe passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
—Marianne Moore, 1935Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.
—Thomas Mann, 1924The sick man is the parasite of society.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1889’Tis the destroyer, or the devil, that scatters plagues about the world.
—Cotton Mather, 1693I 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. 1902Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951