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He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured
He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it.
It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it.
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.
Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.
Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of read more
The diseases of the present have little in common with the diseases of the past save that we die of them.
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.]
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 diseases.
Some remedies are worse than the diseases.