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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get t

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. – Anton Chekhov

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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith. – Anton Chekhov

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Doctors are just the same as lawyers the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. – Anton Chekhov

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My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldnt pay the bill he gave me six months more. – Walter Matthau

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In the sick room, ten cents worth of human understanding equals ten dollars worth of medical science. – Martin H. Fischer

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When I told my doctor I couldnt afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays. – Henny Youngman

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