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 He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at 
those who, after thirty years of read more 
 He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at 
those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what 
was good or bad for their bodies. 
 One doctor, singly like the sculler plies,
 The patient struggles, and by inches dies;
  But two physicians, read more 
 One doctor, singly like the sculler plies,
 The patient struggles, and by inches dies;
  But two physicians, like a pair of oars,
   Waft him right swiftly to the Stygian shores. 
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.
There is no medicine to cure hatred
There is no medicine to cure hatred
 'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases
 Are grown so catching.  
 'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases
 Are grown so catching. 
 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. 
 Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
 And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?  
 Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
 And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me? 
 A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds 
hurt of, is the best physic read more 
 A man's own observation, what he find good of, and what he finds 
hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.