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Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
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.
We are the carriers of health and disease--either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of read more
We are the carriers of health and disease--either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety.
He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured
He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured
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.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
This apoplexy, as I take it, is a kind of lethargy, an't please
your lordship, a kind of sleeping read more
This apoplexy, as I take it, is a kind of lethargy, an't please
your lordship, a kind of sleeping in the blood, a whoreson
tingling.
If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.
If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.
The remedy is worse than the disease.