Jonathan Swift — "A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a m…"
A physician is an unfortunate gentleman who is every day required to perform a miracle; namely, to reconcile health with intemperance.
Get This Quote & Author's Image Illustrated On:
Click any product to generate a realistic preview (~30s). Up to 3 at a time.
More from Jonathan Swift
"The only difference between a wise man and a fool is, that the wise man knows himself to be a fool, and the fool knows himself to be wise."
"For we are told by a grave author, an eminent French physician, that health is the most valuable of all possessions; and that it is to be acquired by eating, and by drinking, and by sleeping, and by e…"
"It is a maxim that a man who has made his fortune, may do what he pleases."
"I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: s…"
"The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit."