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There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the read more
There are three wicks you know to the lamp of a man's life:
brain, blood, and breath. Press the brain a little, its light
goes out, followed by both the others. Stop the heart a minute,
and out go all three of the wicks. Choke the air out of the
lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to supply the other centres
of flame, and all is soon stagnation, cold, and darkness.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad read more
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving
health to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem
hominibus dando.]
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana read more
Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body.
[Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden?
[Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit read more
Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden?
[Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]
Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome
malady.
Preserving the health by too strict a regimen is a worrisome
malady.
The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest read more
The building of a perfect body crowned by a perfect brain, is at once the greatest earthly problem and grandest hope of the race.
To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.
To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.
