Quotes by Poison Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had so saturated his body with poisons that none could injure him. When captured by the Romans he tried in vain to poison himself, then ordered a Gallic mercenary to kill him. A. E. Housman body poison belief It's a terrible poison, writing. A. S. Byatt terrible poison writing I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet. Adelaide Anne Procter poison sweet inspirational If poisons were ponies, I'd put my money on cyanide. Alan Bradley cyanide ponies poison Everywhere the devil spits, poison ivy grows. Alan Chadwick devil ivy poison A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself. Albert Einstein deception liberty poison If art is not a medicine for the society, it is a poison. Alejandro Jodorowsky medicine poison art Worry is the stomach's worst poison. Alfred Nobel stomach poison worry Hanging on to a resentment, someone once said, is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill someone else. Alice May hanging-on poison drinking Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions Alice Sebold medicine different poison If you're going to make work and you're going to write and you're going to put yourself out there and perform, you will be belittled, you will be insulted, you will be called a standard collection of names, you will be accused, and you just have to stand there and continue to work and find a way to not let those things poison you. Amanda Palmer poison names writing There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison. Andre Maurois truth-is certain poison My dad always told me that holding a grudge is like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die. Anna Banks dad swallowing poison Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood. Anne Bishop cures poison Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way. Anne Fortier poison men thinking After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by eating Tic Tacs. Anne Fortier afternoon poison suicide Charles had once remarked that holding onto a resentment was like eating rat poison and waiting for the rat to die. Anne Lamott poison drinking waiting Success is a poison that should only be taken late in life and then only in small doses. Anthony Trollope poison taken should The future was with Fate. The present was our own. Arthur Conan Doyle belts fate poison Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless. Artur Schnabel insults-you sunshine poison 1234567891011»