MERCY
Of course the classic quote on mercy is that of Portia in the Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I, lines 186-197. 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:
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than its crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice. Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice. Miguel de Cervantes. MERCY imitates God, and…
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