“Mercy is of greater value than justice.”

— Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues

La clémence vaut mieux que la justice.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.

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La clémence vaut mieux que la justice.

Reflections and Maxims (1746)

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French writer, a moralist 1715–1747

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