Quote #88
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the diseases.
More from Voltaire
- Now is no time to be making new enemies. (When asked on his deathbed by a priest to renounce the devil and turn to God.)
- The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.
- No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
- The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
- Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.
- The perfect form of government is democracy tempered by assassination.
- Is it any wonder that there are atheists in the world, when the church behaves so abominably?
- Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.