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It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.

Thomas More, Francis Bacon, Henry Neville (2008). “Three Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More: Utopia / Francis Bacon: New Atlantis / Henry Neville: The Isle of Pines”, p.83, Oxford University Press
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.