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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.
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.]
Whereto serves mercy
But to confront the visage of offense?
Whereto serves mercy
But to confront the visage of offense?
How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed
its blood?
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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.
Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
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.
Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]
Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]
