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Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of read more
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Diseases desperate grown
By desparate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.
Diseases desperate grown
By desparate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.
[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry
them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, read more
[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry
them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them as
so many anatomies.
O, he's a limb that has but a disease:
Mortal, to cut it off; to cure it, easy.
O, he's a limb that has but a disease:
Mortal, to cut it off; to cure it, easy.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
[Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]
Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.
[Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand read more
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.
