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Merciful Quotes by Khalil Gibran
- Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires.
- The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the heart of God.
More Merciful Quotes
- One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.… — Maya Angelou
- I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- We are often more merciful to our animals [cats] than we are to each other. — P.D. James
- The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and… — Richard J. Foster
- I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock… — Robert Green Ingersoll
- As to Science, she has never sought to ally herself to civil power. She has never attempted to throw odium or inflict… — John William Draper