“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.
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
Attributed in Lincoln Memorial (1882) edited by Osborn Oldroyd
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Holt's Case (1793), 22 How. St. Tr. 1237.
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“Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."”
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Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
