Quote#Death
A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power…
Quote byHester Thrale · 1741–1821
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Fanny Burney, November 12, 1781; Charlotte Barrett (ed.) Diary and Letters of Madame d'Arblay (1854) vol. 2, p. 82..
English (original)
A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.
— Hester Thrale
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