Quotation by

Marcel Proust

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

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Understanding this quote AI Analysis

When we are sick, we tend to listen carefully to the gentle care and comfort offered by the illness itself. However, when it comes to medical knowledge, we often only accept it because we fear the pain that ignoring it might cause.

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