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"Prevention is better than cure."

"Prevention is better than cure."

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch Philosopher

Cure, Prevention

194

"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

182

"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

167

"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

157

"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

141

"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

127

"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

69

"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

64

"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

59

"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

58

"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

58

"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

56

"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

56

"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

52

"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

51

"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

50

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

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

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

50

"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

48

"The surest cure for vanity is loneliness."

"The surest cure for vanity is loneliness."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

Cure, Loneliness, Vanity

48

"Cure for an obsession: get another one."

"Cure for an obsession: get another one."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

48

"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

48

"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

47

"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

46

"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

46

"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

46

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

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

George Weinberg, American Psychologist

Cure, Obstacles

44

"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

44

"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

44

"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

44

"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

43

"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

43

"The cure for sorrow is to learn something."

"The cure for sorrow is to learn something."

Barbara Sher, American Businessman

43

"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

43

"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

42

"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

42

"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."

"Grease is the only cure for a hangover."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

42

"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

41

"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

41

"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

41

"Some remedies are worse than the disease."

"Some remedies are worse than the disease."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Cure, Disease, Remedies

40

"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

40

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

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

Katherine Whitehorn, British Journalist

40

"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

40

"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

39

"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."

"Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

Cure, Joy, World

39

"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

38

"A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure."

"A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure."

Robert Graves, Irish Novelist

Cure, May, Medicine, Prevention

38

"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

38

"Red is the ultimate cure for sadness."

"Red is the ultimate cure for sadness."

Bill Blass, American Designer

37

"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

37

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