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Quotation from Macbeth by William Shakespeare
“Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician”
Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1 (First Folio (1623), modernised spelling)
The Doctor concludes that Lady Macbeth's illness springs from guilt and is beyond medicine.
Citation: "Unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets. More needs she the divine than the physician" — William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1 (First Folio (1623), modernised spelling). (id macbeth-q8)
Portrait: Portrait of William Shakespeare (1564-1646), Attributed to John Taylor, Public domain.
