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The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
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.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
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.]
When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
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.]
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.
Diseases desperate grown
By desparate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.
Diseases desperate grown
By desparate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.