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Frank J. Wilstach, comp.  A Dictionary of Similes.  1916.
 
Mercy
 
  As freely as the firmament embraces the world, so mercy must encircle friend and foe.
            —Friedrich von Schiller		  1
The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed;
It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.
            —William Shakespeare		  2
  Mercy is like a rainbow, we must never look for it after dark.
            —Samuel Squire		  3
 
 
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