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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.
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of read more
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support read more
The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support these goals-if not, it may even be counterproductive.
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...
A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within
itself, may, after all, be but a read more
A bodily disease which we look upon as whole and entire within
itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the
spiritual part.
As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
Receives the lurking principle of death,
The younger disease, read more
As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
Receives the lurking principle of death,
The younger disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Against diseases here the strongest fence,
Is the defensive vertue, abstinence.
Apoplexic, and Lethargie,
As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.
Apoplexic, and Lethargie,
As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.
When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.