The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A disease known is half cured. (Irish)
A malignant sore throat is a danger; a malignant throat not sore is worse. (American)
A mind diseased cannot bear anything harsh. (Roman)
An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. (Yiddish)
Confront disease at its onset. (Roman)
Desperate diseases must have desperate cures. (English)
Disease is soon shaken by a physic soon taken. (English)
Diseases come on horseback, but steal away on foot. (English)
Diseases enter at the mouth. (Unknown)
Every disease will have its course. (English)
He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured. (Ethiopian)
Many dishes many diseases, many medicines few cures. (Poor Richard)
The best of nursing may overcome the worst disease. (Irish)
The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. (Roman)
The entire flock in the field dies of the disease introduced by one. (Roman)
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