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Pierre Abelard

(1079—1142), French dialectician

Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease.

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down with a disease

[down with a disease] {adj. phr.} Ill or sick. * /Aunt Liz is down with the flu this week; she has to stay in bed./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

William Carlos Williams

(1883-1963) U.S. poet, 7 January 1957 I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it. www.english-slang.com

Guy Bellamy

U.S. author Life is a sexually-transmitted disease. www.english-slang.com

Ed Howe

(1853-1937) U.S. journalist Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease. www.english-slang.com

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