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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.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
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.
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.]
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.]
Vice President Dick Cheney is currently out in South Dakota on a three-day hunting trip. What better place for a read more
Vice President Dick Cheney is currently out in South Dakota on a three-day hunting trip. What better place for a man who has had four heart attacks than to be carrying a big gun and a backpack through the snow looking for red meat.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry
them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, read more
[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry
them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them as
so many anatomies.