• When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

  Miguel de Cervantes
  Spanish writer and poet 1547-1616
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. severity
2. softened
3. bribes
4. motive

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When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive. by : Miguel de Cervantes

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