| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 3168 |
| AUTHOR: | Jonathan Swift (16671745) |
| QUOTATION: | The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Polite Conversation. Dialogue ii. |
| | Note 1. Use three physicians Still: first, Dr. Quiet; Next, Dr. Merryman, And Dr. Dyet. Regimen Sanitatis Salernitanum (edition 1607) [back] |
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