If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
ParacelsusIt 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.
ParacelsusA 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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