The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
.. Mad Chicken Mad Turkey read more

The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
.. Mad Chicken Mad Turkey Mad Bird
in Aviano and everywhere daily grew.

That dire disease, whose ruthless power
Withers the beauty's transient flower.

That dire disease, whose ruthless power
Withers the beauty's transient flower.

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.

Before the curing of a strong disease,
Even in the instant of repair and health,
The fit read more

Before the curing of a strong disease,
Even in the instant of repair and health,
The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave,
On their departure most of all show evil.

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 disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

There are no such things as incurables; there are only things for which man has not found a cure.

There are no such things as incurables; there are only things for which man has not found a cure.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves,
the fruit, or the flower.
[It., D'ogni read more

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves,
the fruit, or the flower.
[It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto
Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde
Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]

The remedy is worse than the disease.

The remedy is worse than the disease.