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There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and read more
The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real estate, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith.
I've never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. read more
I've never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more than one millionaire who became haunted by the realization that they had led selfish lives. -B. C. Forbes.
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so;
Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.
Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so;
Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.
And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind,
E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.
And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind,
E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.
'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
Her better eye, the farther off we go,
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'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
Her better eye, the farther off we go,
The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution