Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose.
PARACELSUSWhether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage.
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As you talk, so is your heart.
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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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A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.
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Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
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Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.
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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.
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Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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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.
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It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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Consider that we shouldn’t call our brother a fool, since we don’t know ourselves what we are.
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The art of medicine cannot be inherited, nor can it be copied from books
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However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream.
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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.
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