Quote · explained
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
The Witches, Macbeth · William Shakespeare
In plain English

Good is evil, and evil is good — nothing is what it seems.

What it means

The witches' paradox sets the whole play's moral weather: a world where appearances lie and value is inverted. It warns the audience that fair-seeming things — a prophecy, a welcome, a friend — may be foul underneath.

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