Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker was healed of an illness but died due to the treatment or the doctor's actions.
- In plain terms
- I was healed of sickness but died because of the doctor.
- What can you take from it?
- Bad medical treatment can be deadlier than the disease itself.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who do you trust more than yourself?
- Is a cure always better than waiting?
Another view
It simplifies complex medical outcomes into a single cause.
More from Matthew Prior
He ranged his tropes, and preached up patience; Backed his opinion with quotations.
Permalink to quote #6 And often took leave, but was loth to depart.
Permalink to quote #8 And thought the nation ne'er would thrive Till all the whores were burnt alive.
Permalink to quote #5
Related quotes
Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta…
Jack NicholsonJack Nicholson quote #1 Devouring Famine, Plague, and War, Each able to undo mankind, Death's servile emissaries are; Nor to these alone confined, He hath at will More quaint and subt…
James ShirleyJames Shirley quote #1 'Har under ar askan av en man som hade vanan att skjuta allt till morgondagen. Dock battrades han pa sitt yttersta och dog verkligen den 31 januari 1972'
Fritiof Nilsson PiratenFritiof Nilsson Piraten quote #1