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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison....

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.

Quote by Paracelsus about opinion, things

I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects of the poison began to be felt.

Quote by Orson Scott about civilization

Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd.

Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been...

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about power

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this...

In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.

Quote by Aeschylus about friendship, heart, end

I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents.

Quote by Richard Ernst about air, parents, home, house

The dose makes the poison.

The dose makes the poison.

Quote by Paracelsus about badness

The most murderous poison is the genuine tear.

The most murderous poison is the genuine tear.

Quote by Ionuț Caragea about breake-up

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm...

Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

Quote by Adam Smith about science, enthusiasm

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the...

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

Quote by Georges Bataille about pleasure, happiness

Sometimes, the best antidote is to taste a sip of the...

Sometimes, the best antidote is to taste a sip of the poison that killed you.

Quote by Johnny Hampton about opinion

Nothing to understand: you open the book passing your soul over its old parchment a pale light starts suddenly flowing a poisoned spear falls down bloody wars corpses ever more deeply slashed in ever greater numbers until they are...

Quote by Otilia Nicolescu about poetry, numbers, nothing, light, soul, old, olderness, death, spirit, life

The cave Each one of us is hiding a mystery And carefully we wrap it in regrets As a raft craving for sun In rooms with secret doors. And we believe that our in the worst, But we are burying it always deeper and deeper And the soul...

Quote by Florin Mihai Petrescu about poetry, sun, soul, secret

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