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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.
Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.
Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.
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.
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 fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
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.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
But just disease to luxury succeeds,
And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.
But just disease to luxury succeeds,
And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.