The Quality of Mercy is the title of several different books. The phrase taken from a speech by Portia in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice. The speech begins:
- The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
- 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...
Books with this title include:
- The second in a series of Socialist novels by William Dean Howells, published in 1892. ASIN B000MVBE7A
- The autobiography of American actress Mercedes McCambridge, published in 1981. ISBN 0-8129-0945-3
- A historical novel by Faye Kellerman, published in 1989. ISBN 1-55710-027-6
- A book by Eugene England, published in 1992. ISBN 0-88494-830-7
- A mystery by Gilbert Morris, published in 1993. ISBN 0-8007-5474-3
- A murder mystery by David Roberts, published in 2006. ISBN 0-7867-1840-4
- Shawcross, William (1984). The quality of mercy: Cambodia, Holocaust, and modern conscience. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-44022-5.
- A historical novel by Barry Unsworth, published in 2011. ISBN 978-0-09-193712-6
Famous quotes containing the words quality and/or mercy:
“So much has already been said about Shakespeare that there doesnt seem to be anything more to say; yet it is the quality of the spirit that it forever stimulates the spirit.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)
“Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man, imprisoned in mortal life, lies open to the mercy of coming events.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)