"If we want to make a statement about……" — Paracelsus
"If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed."
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68 Quotes by Paracelsus
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Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.
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Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage
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The human body is vapor materialized by sunshine mixed with the life of the stars.
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All things are poisons, for there is nothing without poisonous qualities. It is only the dose which makes a thing…
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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not…
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Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn't be revealed through its fruit.
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It should be forbidden and severely punished to remove cancer by cutting, burning, cautery, and other fiendish tortures. It is…
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Fasting is the greatest remedy-- the physician within.
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There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may…
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Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things…
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