Quote#Friendship
Dacus doth daily to his doctor go, As doubting if he be in health or…
Quote byHenry Parrot · 1601–1626
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: English Epigrams, "On One who was a Slave to his Physician".
English (original)
Dacus doth daily to his doctor go, As doubting if he be in health or no; For when his friends salute him passing by, And ask him how he doth in courtesy, He will not answer thereunto precise, Till from his doctor he hath ta'en advice.
— Henry Parrot
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