The Imaginary Invalid (Act 3 Scene 15) lyrics
by Molière
SCENE XV.——ARGAN, BÉRALDE.
BER. Upon my word, this doctor seems to be a very clever man.
ARG. Yes, but he goes a little too fast.
BER. All great doctors do so.
ARG. Cut off my arm and pluck out my eye, so that the other may be better. I had rather that it were not better. A nice operation indeed, to make me at once one-eyed and one-armed.