Famous quotes containing the words severe and/or mercy:
“Then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It may be a mercy the dark closes round us
So broodingly soon in every direction.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)