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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.]
He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured
He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within
itself, may, after all, be but a read more
A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within
itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the
spiritual part.
Apoplexic, and Lethargie,
As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.
Apoplexic, and Lethargie,
As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.
Diseases desperate grown
By desparate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.
Diseases desperate grown
By desparate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
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.
