Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
Jonathan Swift on death
Jonathan Swift91 quotes“Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.”
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