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    It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

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Sickness shows us what we are

Sickness shows us what we are

by Latin Proverb Found in: Illness Quotes,
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The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, read more

The more serious the illness, the more important it is for you to fight back, mobilizing all your resources-spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical.

by Norman Cousins Found in: Illness Quotes,
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Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy read more

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

by Francis Quarles Found in: Rest Quotes,
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.

If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.

by African Proverb Found in: Illness Quotes,
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Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

Who remembers when we used to rest on Sunday instead of Monday?

by Kin Hubbard Found in: Rest Quotes,
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Rest: the sweet sauce of labor.

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor.

by Plutarch Found in: Rest Quotes,
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My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies.

My illness is due to my doctor's insistence that I drink milk, a whitish fluid they force down helpless babies.

by W. C. Fields Found in: Illness Quotes,
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A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

by William Cowper Found in: Rest Quotes,
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I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces until I was at least read more

I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.

by Wilma Rudolph Found in: Illness Quotes,
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