Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
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Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne,

A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

A malady
Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach.

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"),

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and
more: the whole head is sick, and read more

Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and
more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial.

I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial.