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Men call physicians only when they suffer; women, when they are…

Quote byStéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis · 1746–1830

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902), p. 74.

English (original)

Men call physicians only when they suffer; women, when they are merely afflicted with ennui.

— Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis

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