There is, let us confess it (and illness is the great confessional), a childish outspokenness in illness; things are said, truths blurted out, which the cautious respectability of health conceals. About sympathy for example – we can do without it. That illusion of a world so shaped that it echoes every groan, of human beings […]
Illness Quotes
Every invalid is a prisoner.
God and the doctor, We both adore In time of trouble, Not before. Illness cured, Reverses righted, God is forgotten, The doctor slighted.
I enjoy convalescence. It’s the part that makes the illness worthwhile.
The common cold, if left untreated, lasts about two weeks. If treated with medication and rest, it lasts about fourteen days.
The surly bird gets the germ.
Fire, the sea, and woman; these are three ills.
Warning: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.
The water treatment was new, now, and Tom’s low condition was a windfall to her (Aunt Polly). She had him out at daylight every morning, stood him up in the woodshed and drowned him with a deluge of cold water; then she scrubbed him down with a towel like a file, and so brought him […]
My privy and well drain into each other After the custom of Christendie… Fevers and fluxes are wasting my mother. Why has the Lord afflicted me? The Saints are helpless for all I offer – So are the clergy I used to fee. Henceforward I keep my cash in my coffer, Because the Lord has […]
