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“Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“Cry you mercy, I took you for a joint-stool.” William Shakespeare, King Lear
“Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.” William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens
“She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy.” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
“If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“Let us eat and drink neither forgetting nor remembering death unduly. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy and the less we think about it the better.” Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
“Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies” Rumi, Masnavi
“Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
“I thank my Maker, that, in the midst of judgment, he has remembered mercy. I humbly entreat my Redeemer to give me strength to lead henceforth a purer life than I have done hitherto!” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless...” Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
“She was beautiful—but especially she was without mercy.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned
“Heaven have mercy on us all—Presbyterians and Pagans alike—for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
“Let the boys learn that leniency comes from their toon leaders, and harshness from their commander—it will bind them better in the small, tight knots of this fabric.” Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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