Book III, Ch. 10
The History of Tom Jones (1749)
World of the Five Gods series, The Curse of Chalion (2000)
“Mercy is "Alpha," justice is "Omega."”
Quotes from secondary sources, Smooth Stones Taken From Ancient Brooks, 1860
“Do your duty, and leave the rest to heaven.”
Faites votre devoir, et laissez faire aux dieux.
Le vieil Horace, act II, scene viii.
Horace (1639)
“Mercy and justice, marching cheek by joule.”
First Week, First Day.
La Semaine; ou, Création du monde (1578)
“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
“Christian! hence learn to do thy part,
And leave the rest to Heaven.”
St. Paul at Melita http://www.newmanreader.org/works/verses/verse70.html, st. 3 (1833).
“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.
