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“Things stand apart so far and differ, that What's food for one is poison for another.”

Science Food Poison

Book:De rerum natura

Source: De rerum natura

“Anti-alcoholics are unfortunates in the grip of water, that terrible poison, so corrosive that out of all substances it has been chosen for washing and scouring, and a drop of water added to a clear liquid like Absinthe, muddles it.”

Has Beens Water Clear Food Terrible Cooking Chosen Substance Poison Culinary Alcoholics Washing Liquid Drop Of Water Muddle Absinthe

Author:Alfred Jarry

“Virtue, like wholesome food, is better than poisons, however corrected.”

Virtue Food Poison Wholesome Food

Book:The philosophical works of David Hume

Source: The philosophical works of David Hume

“There is such a thing as food and such a thing as poison. But the damage done by those who pass off poison as food is far less than that done by those who generation after generation convince people that food is poison.”

People Done Generations Food Damage Poison Convince

Author:Paul Goodman

“Memory. My poison, my food.”

Memories Food Poison

Book:Days and Nights of Love and War

Source: Days and Nights of Love and War

“What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others”

Men May Food Poison One Man Fierce

Author:Lucretius

“Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.”

Has Beens Food Eating Doctors Cooking Poison Culinary Indispensable Marching On

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Food, one assumes, provides nourishment; but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of poison have been added to improve its appearance and delay its putrefaction.”

Has Beens Culture Food Amount Cooking Assuming Appearance Poison Culinary Delay Nourishment Small Amounts

Book:Silence: Lectures and Writings

Source: Silence: Lectures and Writings

“The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison”

Source: The Hippocrates Diet and Health Program

“"I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effect on a long-range basis. Any attempt to use the water this way is deplorable." Charles Gordon Heyd, M.D., Past President, American Medical Association.”

Way Long Use Past President Water Effects Food Produce Serious Healthy Drug Bases Medical Range Poison Association Vehicle Fluoride

Author:Charles Bernhard Heyd

“One man's Poison Ivy is another Fellow's Spinach.”

Men Sports Leadership Food Cooking Poison Culinary One Man Another Man Ivy Spinach Poison Ivy

Author:George Ade