Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.
—Bian Qiao, c. 500 BCQuotes
In times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.
—Jacme d’Agramont, 1348All the world is topsy-turvy, and it has been topsy-turvy ever since the plague.
—Jack London, 1912If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare.
—George W. Bush, 2005Health can make money, but money cannot make health.
—Maria Edgeworth, 1833Health in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.
—Helen Keller, 1936Hygienic law, like martial law, supersedes rights in crises.
—Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1913Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600Health care delivery is one of the tragedies still in America.
—Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1989Disease is not of the body but of the place.
—Latin proverbInfectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world.
—Hans Zinsser, 1935Everyone who is sick is someone else’s patient zero.
—Leslie Jamison, 2020We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845