He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
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He had a fever when he was in Spain,
And when the fit was on him, I did mark
How he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake.
His coward lips did from their color fly,
And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world
Did lose his luster.

Is Brutus sick, and is it physical
To walk unbraced and suck up the humors
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Is Brutus sick, and is it physical
To walk unbraced and suck up the humors
Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick,
And will he steal out of his wholesome bed
To dare the vile contagion of the night,
And tempt the rheumy and unpurged air,
To add unto his sickness?

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.

Most of the time we think we're sick, it's all in the mind.

Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect
The very lifeblood of our enterprise.

Sick now? droop now? This sickness doth infect
The very lifeblood of our enterprise.

I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
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I've known my lady (for she loves a tune)
For fevers take an opera in June:
And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold,
A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold.

But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),

But when ill indeed,
E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.
- George Colman ("The Younger"),

I've that within for which there are no plasters.

I've that within for which there are no plasters.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.