Clemency Quotes

To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is cruelty.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not.

Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

Much more may a judge overweigh himself in cruelty than in clemency.