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Mercy stood in the cloud, with eye that wept
Essential love.
Mercy stood in the cloud, with eye that wept
Essential love.
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!"
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Being all fashioned of the self-same dust,
Let us be merciful as well as just.
Being all fashioned of the self-same dust,
Let us be merciful as well as just.
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.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.
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.
