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			 How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed
its blood?
How can read more 
	 How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed
its blood?
How can we pray to God for mercy if we ourselves have no mercy?
Nobel laureate in literature. 
		
 
	
			 It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.  
	 It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. 
		
 
	
			 Mercy often inflicts death.
 [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]  
	 Mercy often inflicts death.
 [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.] 
		
 
	
			 I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.  
	 I believe that what women resent is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly. 
		
 
	
			 'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
 Her better eye, the farther off we go,
  The read more 
	 'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
 Her better eye, the farther off we go,
  The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. 
		
 
	
			 Who will not mercie unto others show,
 How can he mercie ever hope to have?  
	 Who will not mercie unto others show,
 How can he mercie ever hope to have? 
		
 
	
			 It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.  
	 It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving. 
		
 
	
			 Teach me to feel another's woe,  To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  read more 
	 Teach me to feel another's woe,  To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me. 
		
 
	
			 It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
 [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]  
	 It is noble to grant life to the vanquished.
 [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]