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What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?

Paracelsus

Be not another, if you can be yourself.
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Be Yourself Original
The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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Art Health Medicine Root
Although Alchemy has now fallen into contempt, and is even considered a thing of the past, the physicain should not be influenced by such judgements.
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Alchemy Fall Influence Judgement Past
Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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Hide Result Reveal
Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new.
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Brisk Time Wind
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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Acceptance Dreams Greatness True
When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create flows into him… For such is the immensity of man that he is greater than heaven and earth.
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Creation Earth Establishment Heaven Man Work
Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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Ethics Medicine Philosophy Pillar
For one country is different from another; its earth is different, as are its stones, wines, bread, meat, and everything that grows and thrives in a specific region.
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Country Different Earth Growth Thrive
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
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Case Doubt Feeling Guide Known Life
Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
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Dosage Drugs
All arts lie in man, though not all are apparent. Awakening brings them out. To be taught is nothing; everything is in man waiting to be awakened.
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Art Awakening Lying Man
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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Leave Nature Reading Walk
What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.
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Beginning Bliss Death Earth God Holy Kingdom Life
All numbers are multiples of one, all sciences converge to a common point, all wisdom comes out of one center, and the number of wisdom is one.
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Mathematics Point Science Wisdom
Every body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
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Body Ingredient Name Science

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