The illness of a doctor is always worse than the illnesses of his patients. The patients only feel, but the doctor, as well as feeling, has a pretty good idea of the destructive effect of the disease on his constitution. This is a case in which knowledge brings death nearer.
Maxim GorkyAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Playwright, Writer
- Nationality: russian
- Born: March 16, 1868
- Died: June 18, 1936
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