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It's from Juvenal (vii.51, 52): insanabile scribendi cacoëthes usually translated as 'an incurable passion for writing'. kakoethes 'malignant, ill-disposed, thinking evil; wickedness, malice' ( kakos 'bad, evil' + ethos 'custom, habit'. Passion seems a little tepid for cacoëthes, but it's traditional.
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