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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.

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Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet read more

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

by Horace Mann 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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Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

by Mathew; Bible Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds read more

We do pray for mercy,
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy.

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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.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
Her better eye, the farther off we go,
The read more

'Tis vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
Her better eye, the farther off we go,
The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow.

by Francis Quarles Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it read more

The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

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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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