Ambrose Bierce Quote: Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your tempora…

Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live.

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Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Consult. To seek another's approval of a course already decided on.

Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord it ain't the gout.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.