concept
Mens sana in corpore sano
mens sana in corpore sano
also: здоровый дух в здоровом теле, a sound mind in a sound body
A Latin tag (from Juvenal's Satires 10.356) meaning "a sound mind in a sound body," delivered straight-faced by Vasya's superior as concerned advice about Vasya's own haggard appearance -- the story's punchline, diagnosing the husband's exhaustion while remaining entirely oblivious to its real cause (his wife's feigned illness).
Reading notes
- Sufferers §62 mens sana in corpore sano
"A sound mind in a sound body" -- from Juvenal's Satires (10.356) -- quoted by Vasya's superior as folksy classical wisdom, entirely missing the irony that Vasya's haggard appearance is the direct result of his wife's theatrical hypochondria, not overwork.