"The book of Nature is that which the……" — Paracelsus

"The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves."

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68 Quotes by Paracelsus

Paracelsus has 68 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
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Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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