quality of mercy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofqualityandmercy
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quality
noun
uk/ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/us/ˈkwɑː.lə.t̬i/
how good or bad ...
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mercy
noun
uk/ˈmɜː.si/us/ˈmɝː.si/
kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have ...
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(Definition ofqualityandmercyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thequalityofmercyis not one of which any man need be ashamed.
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But surely thequalityofmercyshould not be strained to the advantage of those doctrines and those scruples.
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There was no question about thequalityofmercynot being strained.
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It has been said that thequalityofmercyis twice blessed.
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The mentally afflicted have as much right to the divinequalityofmercyas anybody else.
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The reason is that we are a free country, and freedom, like thequalityofmercy, is not strained.
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To that degree we think his hospitality is rather strained and has not thequalityofmercy.
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This amendment above all seems to me to be one where thequalityofmercyis appropriate.
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In this matter thequalityofmercyhas been very much strained.
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When one has heard the facts of the case, one is allowed a certain element of discretion and, above all, thequalityofmercy.
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Water is cheap to produce—it droppeth, as thequalityofmercy, from the heavens—but expensive to distribute.
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One of the greatest benefits of free trade is that, like thequalityofmercy: "it blesseth him that gives and him that takes".
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There should be full implementation of social equity and a commitment to aqualityofmercyin the exercise of redress and in the face of human failure.
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Then, further on, he says again that we are fighting for the rule of law and for thequalityofmercyin dealings between men and men.
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As the matter stands, therefore, there is no doubt that thequalityofmercymust be administered with great discretion lest hardship be inflicted on the other side.
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Thequalityofmercyis not strained.
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Thequalityofmercyis not strain'd.
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If we have to go to war it becomes a duty to cultivate qualities of mercy and compassion and seize opportunities to express them, especially when the fighting stops.
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