
“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
Queen Mary Stuart as portrayed in Bothwell. Act II, Sc. 13.
Bothwell : A Tragedy (1874)
“Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.”
“5465. Weeds are apt to grow faster than good Herbs.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
Speech at Meeting of London Vegetarian Society (20 November 1931), in The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (New Delhi: Publications Division Government of India, 1999 electronic edition), Volume 54 http://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/gandhi-literature/mahatma-gandhi-collected-works-volume-54.pdf, p. 189.
1930s
“Of all things upon earth that bleed and grow,
A herb most bruised is woman.”
Source: Medea (431 BC), Lines 230–231 in Gilbert Murray's translation ( p. 15 https://archive.org/stream/medeatranslatedi00euriuoft#page/15/mode/1up)
“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957), ch 16 - p.147 [Zellaby]
And the Healing Has Begun
Song lyrics, Into the Music (1979)
“The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified