"Aristotle him selfe sayeth, that medicines be no meate to lyue withall."

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Source : Roger Ascham, William Aldis Wright (2010). “English Works: Toxophilus. Report of the Affaires and State of Germany. The Scholemaster”, p.30, Cambridge University Press

Roger Ascham

#Medicine Quotes

“There is a hidden fear that somehow, if they are only given a chance, women will suddenly do as they have been done by.”
“The end of a marriage has got to be one of the saddest events one can experience. I've heard that the pain [of divorce] is second only to an actual death in the family, and that sounds about right.”
“If a girl gets assaulted, it's not because she was drunk. It's because somebody decided to assault her.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“Throughout history, from Abyssinians and Greeks onward, artists, sculptors, and architects have worked together. I find this post - World War II thing, this segmentation of the arts, so lame. It's the laming of the arts.”
“In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.”
“I don't like to treat a piece of clothing like an object of art because I don't consider myself an artist. I'm a designer.”

Source : "Frida Giannini: A Fashionable Life". Interview with Anamaria Wilson, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 14, 2011.
“I do think there are ways to increase wages significantly, even in a global era. But you have to take voters and consumers with you on this journey - and that involves a tremendous, and long-term, public education campaign.”
“I tend to say faith is believing in life, and as I love life, I try to do the best with it, make it as serene and joyous as possible”

Source : "Diamond in the rough". Interview With Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. May 7, 2009.

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