Look, cholera!

(Commenting on disputes among the Brazilian states about how to deal with cholera, then raging in Europe.)
Cholera: “Ah! That’s it? Now that you remember to close the door to Rio de Janeiro in my face? Well, wait for it to come back! I enter from the north, whose doors are always open, thanks to the kindness of the respective governments!
Whoever wants to get rid of me has to defend himself very well, in a timely fashion… Move along! …”
(O Malho, Rio de Janeiro, 1910)