Monday, March 30, 2020

The Remedy Worse Than the Disease



I sent for Ratcliffe, was so ill,
That other doctors gave me over,
He felt my pulse, prescribed his pill,
And I was likely to recover.

But when the wit began to wheeze,
And wine had warm'd the politician,
Cured yesterday of my disease,
I died last night of my physician. 

 -Mathew Prior, 1714



 So, thinking of the current state of affairs, is the cure worse than the disease?
By -

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

A Few Thoughts as We Turn the Page

  It's a new year. It's a new administration. Or is it? Like Yogi said, It's Deja Vu all over again. We have seen the biggest po...

  • Hello Seasoned Citizen ... AARP or AMAC ?
    Once you turn 50, your life changes. AARP will start stoning you with mailers and ads to join them. AARP, for those truly in the dark, is an...
  • When You Burn Your Bridges
    Hello, Britt any Gri ner. It seems you've put yourself into quite a jam. As I pen these words, you're sitting in jail. In Russia. An...
  • They Had No Choice
    CNN isn't doing very well lately. Compared to other networks, their audience share is rather low. Their best years of the recent past we...