It is no time to go for the doctor when the patient is dead.

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• Every invalid is a doctor.
  Irish...
• It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead the rest of your life.
  Irish...
• God likes help when helping people. --
  Irish...
• When the hand ceases to scatter, the heart ceases to pray.
  Irish...
• A reader reports that when the patient died, the attending doctor recorded the following on the patient's chart:
  "Patient failed to fulfill his wellness potential...
• It is not a fish until it is on the bank.
  Irish...
• A young doctor requires a big cemetery. --
  Time-honored Russian...
• A heavy purse makes a light heart. --
  Irish...
• It is in the shelter of each other that people live.
  Irish...