"I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward." ~John Mortimer
I like this one because although witty, it illustrates one misconception around health. Mortimer assumes that being healthy means living longer whilst incapacitated when in fact remaining healthy may be one of the best ways to avoid spending any time at all in a geriatric ward.
"Just because you're not sick doesn't mean you're healthy." ~Author Unknown
"Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to folly." ~Samuel Johnson
"Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws." ~Charles Simmons
"Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well." ~Marcus Valerius Martial
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