Compassion Quote by William Shakespeare

“Do all men kill the things they do not love …… 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” quote by William Shakespeare — Download Open image

“Do all men kill the things they do not love …… 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”

William Shakespeare

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