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And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most
serious which proceeds from the head.
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And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most
serious which proceeds from the head.
[Lat., Utque in corporibus, sic in imperio, gravissimus est
morbus qui a capite diffunditur.]
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.
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.
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
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.
Some remedies are worse than the diseases.
Some remedies are worse than the diseases.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
