#poison

If there is a thing I truly despise, it is being addressed as "dearie." When I write my magnum opus, A Treatise Upon All Poison, and come to "Cyanide," I am going to put under "Uses" the phrase "Particularly efficacious in the cure of those who call one 'Dearie. ↗

— Alan Bradley

#poison #humor

The coward's weapon, poison. ↗

— John Fletcher

#poison #weapon

Superstition is the poison of the mind. ↗

— Joseph Lewis

#poison #superstition

The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#degradation #fountains #great #life #nation

In addition to contributing to erosion, pollution, food poisoning, and the dead zone, corn requires huge amounts of fossil fuel - it takes a half gallon of fossil fuel to produce a bushel of corn. ↗

— Michael Pollan

#bushel #contributing #corn #dead #erosion

The dose makes the poison. ↗

— Paracelsus

#makes #poison

Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger/resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people...but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#anger #change #grudges #inspirational #life

Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#expectations #poison #anger

The Empress doesn't get collared, or caged, or tortured. How artfully she beckons, how perfectly she punishes.... ↗

— Kresley Cole

#poison-princess #art

What we do with our free time is none of your business. Now, why don't you shuffle off to Parffet. I saw him heading toward the latrines. He'll need you to wipe his ass soon. It's the one skill you're most suited for." - Ari, pg. 188. ↗

— Maria V. Snyder

#maria-v-snyder #poison-study #business