![It seems to me that your doctor [Tronchin] is more of a philosopher than a physician. As for me, I much prefer a doctor who is anoptimist and who gives me remedies that will improve my health. Philosophical consolations are, after all, useless against real ailments. I know only two kinds of sickness--physical and moral: all the others are purely in the imagination.](/assets/img/quote-photos/it-seems-to-me-that-your-doctor-tronchin-is-more-of-a-philosopher-than-a-physic.jpg)
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real believe party
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reality scientist optional
For scientists, reality is not optional. Barbara Kingsolver
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. Bashar al-Assad
real differences people
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reality perfection
Reality and perfection are synonymous. Baruch Spinoza
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philosophical virtue reason
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philosophical passion emotion
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philosophical boredom sides
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philosophical adversity doubt
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philosophical pessimism stubbornness
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The doctor of the future will be oneself. Albert Schweitzer
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