Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowle…

Marcel Proust
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Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey. ✨ Cities of the Plain Pt I, Ch. 1,'My Social Life'
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