He who dies of epidemic disease is a martyr.
—Muhammad, c. 630Quotes
We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904’Tis a portentous sign / When a man sweats and at the same time shivers.
—Plautus, c. 180 BCIn times of pestilence, gaiety and joyousness are most profitable.
—Jacme d’Agramont, 1348Diseases are not immutable entities but dynamic social constructions that have biographies of their own.
—Robert P. Hudson, 1983Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600Disease is not of the body but of the place.
—Latin proverbI 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. 1902How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! He is his own exclusive object.
—Charles Lamb, 1833Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.
—Bian Qiao, c. 500 BCDeath from the bubonic plague is rated, with crucifixion, among the nastiest human experiences of all.
—Guy R. Williams, 1975