- 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:
- 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest:
- it becomes the throned monarch better than his crown;
- His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
- The attribute to awe and majesty, wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
- But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
- It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
- It is an attribute to God himself;
- And earthly power doth then show likest God's when mercy seasons justice.
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1
It suddenly came to mind.
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