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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.
 Whereto serves mercy
 But to confront the visage of offense?  
 Whereto serves mercy
 But to confront the visage of offense? 
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
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.
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human read more
Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
 A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
 Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:
  "Have mercy, read more 
 A sentinel angel sitting high in glory
 Heard this shrill wail ring out from Purgatory:
  "Have mercy, mighty angel, hear my story!" 
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.
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.
 Mercy often inflicts death.
 [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]  
 Mercy often inflicts death.
 [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]