He who dies of epidemic disease is a martyr.
—Muhammad, c. 630Quotes
If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904In times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.
—Jacme d’Agramont, 1348How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! He is his own exclusive object.
—Charles Lamb, 1833Death from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.
—Guy R. Williams, 1975Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.
—Thomas Mann, 1924I 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. 1902Diseases, at least many of them, are like human beings. They are born, they flourish, and they die.
—David Riesman, 1937The best quarantine is hygiene.
—Richard D. Arnold, 1871Everyone who is sick is someone else’s patient zero.
—Leslie Jamison, 2020Hygienic law, like martial law, supersedes rights in crises.
—Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1913We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951