英语名人名言：Mercy 慈悲

　　I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

　　Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), speech in Washington D.C., 1865

　　Cowards are cruel, but the brave

　　Love mercy, and delight to save.

　　John Gay (1685 - 1732)

　　We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

　　Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), speech in the House of Commons, July 14, 1940

　　Nothing emboldens1 sin so much as mercy.

　　William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

　　Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

　　William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Titus Andronicus", Act 1 scene 2

　　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.

　　'T is mightiest2 in the mightiest: it becomes

　　The throned monarch3 better than his crown;

　　His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,

　　The attribute to awe4 and majesty5,

　　Wherein doth sit the dread6 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. Therefore, Jew,

　　Though justice be thy plea, consider this,

　　That in the course of justice none of us

　　Should see salvation7: we do pray for mercy;

　　And that same prayer doth teach us all to render

　　The deeds of mercy.

　　William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Merchant of Venice", Act 4 scene 1

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