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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.

Paracelsus

Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
PARACELSUS

Dosage Drugs
The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
PARACELSUS

Degree Love Medicine One Liner
Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
PARACELSUS

Gold Man Nature
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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Attack Body Fight Health Himself Nature Sick
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?
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Benefit Cure Discover Remedy
And it is true, best is nothing concealed which shall not be discovered; for which cause a marvellous being shall come after me, who as yet lives not, and who shall reveal many things.
PARACELSUS

Best Discover Live Reveal True
It would be an error to try to build the Kingdom of Heaven upon envy. For nothing that is founded on envy can thrive; it must have another root.
PARACELSUS

Build Error Heaven Thrive
Nature is a light, and by looking at Nature in her own light we will understand her. Visible Nature may be seen in her visible light; invisible Nature may become visible if we acquire the power to perceive her invisible light.
PARACELSUS

Herself Light Nature Understand Visible
Let no one who can be his own belong to another.
PARACELSUS

Be Yourself Himself
Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.
PARACELSUS

Earth Impossible Mindset Right
Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
PARACELSUS

Himself Man
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
The beginning of wisdom is the beginning of supernatural power.
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Beginning Power Wisdom
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
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Experience Greatness Human Magic Power Reason
Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
PARACELSUS

Ethics Medicine Philosophy Pillar
For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
PARACELSUS

Ourselves Prayer Preparation Skill

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