"And it has been sarcastically said, that there is a wide difference between a good physician and a bad one, but a small difference between a good physician and no physician at all; by which it is meant to insinuate, that the mischievous officiousness of art does commonly more than counterbalance any benefit derivable from it."

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Source : Gilbert Blane (1821). “Elements of Medical Logick”, p.10

Gilbert Blane

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“Your nightmare existence in a trunk is over... At long last you will be recognized as the inventor of photography. This picture will prove it to all the world. (On his discovery of the first photograph, made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.)”
“I also work out because I have scoliosis. I have to maintain certain strength in my core.”

Source : "Joan Smalls on House of Style, Rihanna, and Eating Sugar". Interview with Alex Catarinella, www.elle.com. September 8, 2012.
“Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.”
“I could just envision Sam imagining that I wanted him to go out to the lake with me, only to be confronted by Jannalynn and whatever she thought of as a romantic dinner -- live rabbits they could chase together, maybe.”
“She felt as she often did in class when she was nearly sure she had the right answer, but could not always make herself raise her hand.”
“In the early '20s, with the war over, there was a period of celebration, and you can see it in the fashion.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It's a very nice thing to have a baby.”
“Look at the ex-demon with his big boy pants on now.”

Source : Rob Thurman (2009). “Trick of the Light: A Trickster Novel”, p.186, Penguin

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