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."”
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
“Mercy is of greater value than justice.”
La clémence vaut mieux que la justice.
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 174.
The Ocean of Theosophy by William Q. Judge (1893), Chapter 11, Karma
“Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.”
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.”
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.”
Source: Life Is Worth Living
“His calls for justice were lost at the mercy of the wind and human indifference.”
Source: Daughter of Fortune