Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. (Marcel Proust)

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.

Marcel Proust

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