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 Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success 
soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults read more 
 Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success 
soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults they 
commit, the earth covereth. 
 The medicine increases the disease.
 [Lat., Aegrescitque medendo.]  
 The medicine increases the disease.
 [Lat., Aegrescitque medendo.] 
 You rub the sore
 When you should bring the plaster!  
 You rub the sore
 When you should bring the plaster! 
 But in this point
 All his tricks founder and he brings his physic
  After his patient's death: read more 
 But in this point
 All his tricks founder and he brings his physic
  After his patient's death: the king already
   Hath married the fair lady. 
 One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of 
fellowship with other human beings read more 
 One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of 
fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among 
them. 
 Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the 
crowd of physicians had killed him."  
 Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the 
crowd of physicians had killed him." 
 "Is there no hope?" the sick man said,
 The silent doctor shook his head,
  And took his read more 
 "Is there no hope?" the sick man said,
 The silent doctor shook his head,
  And took his leave with signs of sorrow,
   Despairing of his fee to-morrow. 
 Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an 
art.
 [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes read more 
 Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an 
art.
 [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla 
medicina est.] 
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.