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    The mercy that was quick in us but late,
    By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.
    You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy;
    For your own reasons turn into your bosoms
    As dogs upon their masters, worrying you.

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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 blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]

Mercy often inflicts death.
[Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]

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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.

by William Blake Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Think not the good,
The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,
Shall die forgotten all; the read more

Think not the good,
The gentle deeds of mercy thou hast done,
Shall die forgotten all; the poor, the prisoner,
The fatherless, the friendless, and the widow,
Who daily owe the bounty of thy hand,
Shall cry to Heaven, and pull a blessing on thee.

by Nicholas Rowe Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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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.

by Frederick W. Robertson Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice.

by Anselm Of Canterbury Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

And shut the gates of mercy on mankind.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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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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