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

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

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.

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...

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.

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.]

I have learned more about love, selflessness and human
understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids read more

I have learned more about love, selflessness and human
understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids than I
ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my
life.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

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.

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured