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Monday, August 8, 2022

Sayings of Publilius Syrus 72


To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent. 

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  1. It is with some difficulty that I'm restraining myself on going on a very long rant about how you can't have mercy without justice, and that turning a blind eye or excusing something is not the same as mercy.

    I have FEELINGS about this one.

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    1. I figured someone might say that ;-) You are quite right, and I must tell myself daily how mercy never removes a debt that must be paid, it only transfers it when we take it upon ourselves.

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