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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.]
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.]
It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it.
It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it.
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.]
A bodily disease may be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past.
A bodily disease may be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual past.
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes read more
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy -- in fact, they're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil...
