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Mercy Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.
- A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There…
- Nature has left nothing to the mercy of man.
- Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise…
- A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There…
More Mercy Quotes
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His… — Teresa of Avila
- Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers or terrorists who think nothing of breaking the gun laws. — Michael Badnarik
- The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron,… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. — William Blake
- Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy. — Robert Bork
- The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom… — David Brainerd
- Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy,… — Samuel Butler
- God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race,… — John Calvin
- Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. — Joseph Campbell
- Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly… — Donald Cargill
- It is long since I could have adventured on eternity, through God's mercy and Christ's merits; but death remained somewhat terrible, and… — Donald Cargill