The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

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.

War is the symptom, not the disease.

War is the symptom, not the disease.

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.]

We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or Mind can heal.

We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or Mind can heal.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.

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.]

Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.

Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.