I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) English writer
“Surgeons and the Soul,” speech, Royal College of Surgeons (14 Feb 1923)
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All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; but the dose makes it clear that a thing is not a poison.
[Alle Ding sind Gift und nichts ohn’ Gift; allein die Dosis macht, daß ein Ding kein Gift ist.]
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (1493-1541) German alchemist and physician [Bombast von Hohenheim]
“The Third Defense in Writing New Prescriptions [Die dritte Defension wegen des Schreibens der neuen Rezepte], Seven Defenses [Septem Defensiones] (1538)
As quoted in F. Geerk, Paracelsus: Arzt unserer Zeit [Paracelsus: Doctor of Our Time] (1992). Variants:This is frequently (and misleadingly) paraphrased: "Everything is a drug; it depends on the dose."
- "All drugs are poisons; the benefit depends on the dosage."
- "All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy."
