“There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.”
Willie Nelson (1933) American country music singer-songwriter.
“4858. There are more old Drunkards, than old Physicians.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) : There's more old Drunkards than old Doctors.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
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