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Physicians are the cobblers, rather the botchers, of men's bodies; as…
Quote byJohn Ford · 1586–1639
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Lover's Melancholy (1628), Act I, sc. ii..
English (original)
Physicians are the cobblers, rather the botchers, of men's bodies; as the one patches our tattered clothes, so the other solders our diseased flesh.
— John Ford
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