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"Prevention is better than cure."

"Prevention is better than cure."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Cure, Prevention

102

"There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom."

"There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom."

Thomas B. Macaulay, English Historian

100

"Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you."

"Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Cure, Man, Will

88

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."

"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea."

Isak Dinesen, Danish Writer

Cure, Sea, Tears

78

"Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is."

"Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Cure, Pain, Words

74

"To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another."

"To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another."

Ovid, Roman Poet

68

"I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway."

"I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway."

Robert Smith, English Musician

Cure, First, Worry

45

"We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks."

"We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks."

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

36

"Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that."

"Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

36

"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches."

"To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

Cure, Disease, Socialism, Trying

32

"It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease."

"It's just a bunch of songs. I'm not trying to cure any major disease."

Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese Musician

Cure, Disease, Songs, Trying

32

"You're on earth. There's no cure for that."

"You're on earth. There's no cure for that."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

32

"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."

"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure."

Ross MacDonald, American Novelist

Cure, Nothing, Ocean, Wrong

31

"The cure for sorrow is to learn something."

"The cure for sorrow is to learn something."

Barbara Sher, American Businessman

29

"There is no miracle cure for the many problems of the world."

"There is no miracle cure for the many problems of the world."

Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian Statesman

Cure, Problems, World

29

"Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves."

"Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

Cure, Egotism, Name, Self

29

"A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it."

"A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

28

"Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure."

"Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure."

Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman

Cure, Listening, Meaning, Silence

28

"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."

"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."

W. C. Fields, American Comedian

28

"I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it."

"I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

28

"What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?"

"What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?"

Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist

27

"All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils."

"All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Cure, Man, Wishes

27

"If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping."

"If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Cure, Gold, Tears, Weeping

26

"Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out."

"Someday they may cure MS, that idiot thing. It gets in there and they can't get it out."

Teri Garr, American Actress

26

"I started this foundation when I was diagnosed. It was established for one reason, and that was to try to find a cure for MS. Every penny, 100% of the public donations that come into this are given back out in the form of grants to colleges and researchers around the world."

"I started this foundation when I was diagnosed. It was established for one reason, and that was to try to find a cure for MS. Every penny, 100% of the public donations that come into this are given back out in the form of grants to colleges and researchers around the world."

Montel Williams, American Entertainer

Cure, Public, Reason, World

26

"The surest cure for vanity is loneliness."

"The surest cure for vanity is loneliness."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

Cure, Loneliness, Vanity

25

"Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness."

"Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

Cure, Darkness, Evil, Help

25

"Cure for an obsession: get another one."

"Cure for an obsession: get another one."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

25

"Research is what it's going to take to cure all these diseases."

"Research is what it's going to take to cure all these diseases."

Mort Kondracke, American Journalist

24

"No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to."

"No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to."

Robert Smith, English Musician

Cure, End, Ending, Want

24

"There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights."

"There are two things that I put my focus on. One is the fight against AIDS and finding a cure. The other is human rights."

Judith Light, American Actress

Cure, Fight, Focus, Rights

24

"It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune."

"It took me about 10 years to get rid of. I'm all right now, though, lovely, I'm throwing some nice darts at the moment, but every now and then I get a bit of a jump. I wish I could find a cure, I'd make a bloody fortune."

Eric Bristow, American Celebrity

Cure, Fortune, Now, Right

23

"Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve suffering."

"Almost everybody is enthusiastic about the promise of biotechnology to cure disease and to relieve suffering."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Cure, Disease, Promise, Suffering

23

"You can die of the cure before you die of the illness."

"You can die of the cure before you die of the illness."

Michael Landon, American Actor

23

"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."

"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

23

"In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have."

"In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have."

Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer

Cure, Help, President, Research

23

"Red is the ultimate cure for sadness."

"Red is the ultimate cure for sadness."

Bill Blass, American Designer

22

"There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure."

"There are no such things as incurable, there are only things for which man has not found a cure."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

22

"When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong."

"When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

Cure, Feeling, Wrong

21

"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether."

"There's only one cure for what's wrong with all of us pitchers, and that's to take a year off. Then, after you've gone a year without throwing, quit altogether."

Jim Palmer, American Athlete

21

"The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it."

"The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

21

"The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts."

"The disease is painless; it's the cure that hurts."

Katherine Whitehorn, British Journalist

21

"The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about."

"The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about."

Charles James, American Fashion Designer

20

"But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive."

"But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive."

George Weinberg, American Psychologist

Cure, Obstacles

20

"And there are lots of drug companies that are working on cure or medicine."

"And there are lots of drug companies that are working on cure or medicine."

Mort Kondracke, American Journalist

20

"The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity."

"The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity."

Henri Bergson, French Scientist

Cure, Fault, Laughter, Vanity

20

"Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure."

"Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure."

David Viscott, American Psychologist

20

"Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold."

"Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold."

Jerry Vale, American Musician

Cure, Popular, Remedies

20

"Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio."

"Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio."

Morley Safer, Canadian Journalist

20

"Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease."

"Ulcerative colitis can be cured by the operation, but you cannot cure Crohn's disease."

Mary Ann Mobley, American Actress

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