Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
World of the Five Gods series, The Curse of Chalion (2000)
“Mercy and justice, marching cheek by joule.”
First Week, First Day.
La Semaine; ou, Création du monde (1578)
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French writer 1544–1590Related quotes
“Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."”
Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) English Puritan
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
“Mercy is of greater value than justice.”
Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–1747) French writer, a moralist
La clémence vaut mieux que la justice.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.
William Quan Judge (1851–1896) American occult writer
The Ocean of Theosophy by William Q. Judge (1893), Chapter 11, Karma
“The Underworld had no mercy. It only had justice”
Rick Riordan book The Blood of Olympus
Source: The Blood of Olympus
“Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.”
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) English novelist and dramatist
Book III, Ch. 10
The History of Tom Jones (1749)
“This Court will always know to temper mercy with justice where there is room for it.”
William Henry Ashurst (judge) (1725–1807) English judge
Holt's Case (1793), 22 How. St. Tr. 1237.
“A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.”
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) Catholic bishop and television presenter
Source: Life Is Worth Living
“His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.”
Isabel Allende book Daughter of Fortune
Source: Daughter of Fortune