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    Think not the good,
    The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,
    Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner,
    The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow,
    Who daily owe the bounty of thy hand,
    Shall cry to Heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.

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Kerry Ellison, your name
sounds like
Kyrie Eleison*
*Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.

Kerry Ellison, your name
sounds like
Kyrie Eleison*
*Kyrie Eleison means God have mercy in Greek.

by Jack Gilcrest Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

by Book Of Common Prayer Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the read more

Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars ... It is the light that hovers above the judgment seat.

by Edwin Hubbel Chapin Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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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?

by Edmund Spenser Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.

Hate shuts her soul when dove-eyed mercy pleads.

by Charles Sprague Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Whereto serves mercy
But to confront the visage of offense?

Whereto serves mercy
But to confront the visage of offense?

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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