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

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

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of read more

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.

As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
Receives the lurking principle of death,
The younger disease, read more

As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
Receives the lurking principle of death,
The younger disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured

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.]

The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
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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.

I'll forbear;
And am fallen out with my more headier will
To take the indisposed and sickly read more

I'll forbear;
And am fallen out with my more headier will
To take the indisposed and sickly fit
For the sound man.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.