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Quotation from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
“Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases”
The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 2, Sect. 4, Memb. 2, Subs. 1 (Purging Simples upward) (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638))
The opening of Burton's famous double-edged verdict on tobacco, among emetic remedies for melancholy.
Citation: "Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases" — Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part. 2, Sect. 4, Memb. 2, Subs. 1 (Purging Simples upward) (Project Gutenberg #10800 (modernized text checked against 1638)). (id the-anatomy-of-melancholy-q11)
Portrait: Robert Burton by Gilbert Jackson, Gilbert Jackson, Public domain.
