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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.
War is the symptom, not the disease.
War is the symptom, not the disease.
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
 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 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.
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.
The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support read more
The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support these goals-if not, it may even be counterproductive.
Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.
Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.
 Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.
 [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]  
 Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation.
 [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]