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“Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.”

James Bryce

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Life is too short to read inferior books.

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Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

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In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

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