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.
ParacelsusEvery physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
ParacelsusMan is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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