Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

To hide the fault I see:
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.

To hide the fault I see:
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me.

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

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.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy read more

Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.