John Dryden Quote

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive:
The first is law, the last prerogative.


The Hind and the Panther (1687) pt. 1, l. 261


Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.