Some remedies are worse than the diseases.

Some remedies are worse than the diseases.

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.]

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

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

It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand read more

It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

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.

The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
.. Mad Chicken Mad Turkey read more

The captive birds no longer flew
Their cadaverous bodies giving flu
and Avian Spongiform Encephalopathy
.. Mad Chicken Mad Turkey Mad Bird
in Aviano and everywhere daily grew.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

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.]