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MERCY IS NOT STRAINED IT DROPPETH AS THE GENTLE RAIN FROM HEAVEN UPON THE PLACE BENEATH. IT IS TWICE BLEST IT BLESSETH HIM THAT GIVES, AND HIM THAT TAKES. "TIS MIGHTIEST IN THE MIGHTIEST. IT BECOMES THE THRONED MONARCH BETTER THAN HIS CROWN. HIS SCEPTRE SHOWS THE FORCE OF TEMPORAL POWER, THE ATTRIBUTE TO AWE AND MAJESTY WHEREIN DOTH SIT THE DREAD AND FEAR OF KINGS; BUT MERCY IS ABOVE THE SCEPTRED AWAY, IT IS ENTHRONED IN THE HEARTS OF KINGS. IT IS AN ATTRIBUTE TO GOD HIMSELF; AND EARTHLY POWER DOTH THEN SHOW LIKEST GOD'S WHEN MERCY SEASONS JUSTICE. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE⁷​

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The quality of mercy" is a monologue by Portia in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice; it occurs during Act 4, Scene 1, set in a Venetian Court of Justice. It is the speech in which Portia begs Shylock for mercy. The speech is regarded as one of the great speeches in Shakespeare, and it is an example of the esteem Shakespeare held for those who showed mercy.