best quotations about
Mercy |
and Charity
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Quotations
 | Mercy is of greater value than justice. — Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims 8 likes |
 | Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty. — Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, Italian Dominican friar & philosopher 7 likes |
 | Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 3 likes |
 | Justice is good, but it’s for the angels. The man can not endure, he needs mercy. I wonder, my God, if the gate to heaven is at the bottom of hell. |
 | Altruism is often an alibi. |
 | You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God. |
 | All pity is self-pity. |
 | We should wipe two words from our vocabulary: gratitude and charity. In real life, help is given out of friendship, or it is not valued; it is received from the hand of friendship, or it is resented. |
 | God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge. |
 | 10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist |
 | There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life. |
Quotes in Verse
| Mercy, pity, and peace, Are the world's release. — William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter 3 likes |
