“Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.” FireDiseaseMedicineCuresIron Book:Aphorisms Source: Aphorisms
“Often, city fathers blamed prostitutes for the disease, and some threatened to brand their cheeks with hot iron if they did not desist from their vices.” IfsFatherCitiesDiseaseHotVicesBrandsIronCheeksThreatened Author:Peter B. Lewis
“Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.” WarSoulEvilVirtueParticularDiseaseClothesVicesCorruptionWoodsEnvyDestroyedDestructiveIronWormsConsumingProhibitionRustMothsDestructive Power Author:Menander
“We shall look on crime as a disease, and its physicians shall displace the judges, its hospitals displace the Galleys. Liberty and health shall be alike. We shall pour balm and oil where we formerly applied iron and fire; evil will be treated in charity, instead of in anger. This change will be simple and sublime.” LooksEvilSimpleLibertyFireCrimeJudgingDiseaseCharityOilTreatedIronHospitalsPhysiciansSublime Book:Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated)
“But I am greedy for life. I do too much of everything all the time. Suddenly one day my heart will fail. The Iron Crab will get me as it got my father. But I am not afraid of The Crab. At least I shall have died from an honourable disease. Perhaps they will put on my tombstone. 'This Man Died from Living Too Much'.” MenHeartFatherToo MuchMeditationFailingMy HeartOne DayDiseaseDiedIronNot AfraidGreedyTombstoneCrabs Book:gilt-edged bonds Source: gilt-edged bonds