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Quotation from Richard II by William Shakespeare
“Let’s purge this choler without letting blood. This we prescribe, though no physician; Deep malice makes too deep incision”
Richard II, Act 1, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1512 (modernised spelling))
Richard tries to settle the quarrel between Bolingbroke and Mowbray in the language of humoral medicine, treating rage as a surplus of choler to be purged without bloodletting.
Citation: "Let’s purge this choler without letting blood. This we prescribe, though no physician; Deep malice makes too deep incision" — William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act 1, Scene 1 (Project Gutenberg #1512 (modernised spelling)). (id richard-ii-q1)
