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“Better still [than pure sugar] was the remedy known as theriac, the root of the English word 'treacle,' which was kept in ornate ceramic jars on the shelves of every self-respecting apothecary shop. The name comes from the Greek therion, meaning 'venomous animal,' for theriac was supposed in Classical times to counteract all venoms and poisons.”

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Book:The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
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“Not caring for their lives, is it? Why, what in the world should we care for if it's not our lives, the only gift the Lord never offers us a second time? Alas, dear God! You're right all the same, they don't care! I can remember them in '70, in those wretched wars, they've no fear of death left in them(...)they're not men anymore, they're lions.”

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Author:Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff (Translator)
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“Trovo stupido chiedere l'opinione di qualcun altro riguardo decisioni personali. Posso chiedere un consiglio per un film da vedere, un ristorante in cui mangiare, ma perché dovrei seguire il consiglio di una terza persona per qualcosa che riguarda la mia vita? Come fa un individuo che ha un modo di pensare differente dal mio a sapere cosa è meglio per me?”

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Book:Aspettami al faro (Liburni Vol. 1)
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