Quotes Health

health n.
1 a : the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit; especially : freedom from physical disease or pain b : the general condition of the body (in poor health)(enjoys good health)
2 a : flourishing condition : WELL-BEING (defending the health of the beloved oceans -- Peter Wilkinson) b : general condition or state (poor economic health)
3 : a toast to someone's health or prosperity
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"When health is absent
Wisdom cannot reveal itself,
Art cannot become manifest,
Strenght cannot be exerted,
Wealth is useless, and
Reason is powerless." -Herophilies

"He who enjoys good health is rich, thogh he knows it ot." -Italian Proverb

"Helth is th efurst muse, and leddp is the ocnditon to produce it." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired." -Author Unknown

"The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling."
-Nursery rhyme quoted by Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990

"A healthy body is the guest-chamber of the soul; a sick, its prison." -Francis Bacon

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, weatlhy and wise." -Benjamin Franklin

"Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say." -W.H. Auden

"The first wealth is health" Ralph Waldo Emerson

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