“Nearly all men die of their remedies, and not of their illnesses.”
Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes, et non pas de leurs maladies.
Le Malade Imaginaire (1673), Act III, sc. iii
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Presque tous les hommes meurent de leurs remèdes et non pas de leurs maladies.
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