It seems an insult to nature and to the Creator to imagine that pregnancy was ever intended to be a sickness. Other quotes speak of creative strength that grows despite illness and of accepting opposite experiences as part of life's seasons. A line compares a sick person to a green, vigorous tree.
![“Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if any two of these joined, then they get the victory; for, Ne Hercules quidem contra duos [Not even Hercules himself is a match for two]. If the physician and the…” quote by Francis Bacon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fbf/francis-bacon-297_cures_doctor-johnson-said-that-in-sickness-the_2561593.jpg)
