One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a read more

One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Butcher
.. how much responsibility
does Aristotle his teacher have?

Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great Butcher
.. how much responsibility
does Aristotle his teacher have?

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.

The worst of all diseases is a nervous ability.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the read more

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

God is becoming bitter, he envies man his mortality.

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.