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Mercy

(noun) Relenting; forbearance to cause or allow harm to another. Example: "She took mercy on him and quit embarrassing him."

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"The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan."
— Abraham Lincoln
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
— Abraham Lincoln
"Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies."
— Rumi
"Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy."
— Rumi
"I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them."
— Oscar Wilde
"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
— Maya Angelou
"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another."
— Carl Sagan
"People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love."
— James Baldwin
"Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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