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 In his ''The Merchant of Venice'' [[William Shakespeare]] uses Portia, (a trial lawyer) to remind Shylock (a money lending [[Jew]]) of mercy's qualities: <blockquote>The quality of mercy...is not strain'd,<br/>It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven<br />Upon the place beneath. It is twice bless'd;blest:<br/>It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes;.<br/>Tis 'T is mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes<br/>The throned monarch better than his crown;<br />His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,<br />The attribute to awe and majesty,<br />Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;<br />But mercy is above this sceptred sway,<br />It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,<br />It is an attribute to God himself;<br />And earthly power doth then show likest God's,<br />When mercy seasons justice.Therefore, Jew,<br />Though justice be thy plea, consider this,<br />That in the course of justice none of us<br />Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;<br />And that same prayer doth teach us all to render<br />The deeds of mercy.<ref>William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice", Act 4 scene 1</ref></blockquote>== References =={{reflist}}