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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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Of all the characters of cruelty, I consider the most despicable the one that cloaks himself in a garb of read more

Of all the characters of cruelty, I consider the most despicable the one that cloaks himself in a garb of mercy.

by Fox Found in: Mercy Quotes, Relationships 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 blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

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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Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.

Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.

by Mark Hopkins Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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Who will not mercie unto others show,
How can he mercie ever hope to have?

Who will not mercie unto others show,
How can he mercie ever hope to have?

by Edmund Spenser 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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We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it

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

by Winston Churchill Found in: Mercy Quotes,
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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.

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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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