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the only weapon that costs you nothing to lower and everything to raise.
means Compassionate restraint — choosing not to punish, harm, or condemn someone you have the power to.
from From Latin 'merces,' meaning wages, reward, or price — the fee paid for goods. Through Church Latin it shifted toward 'merced-,' the spiritual reward earned by showing pity, and entered Old French as 'merci.' So the word's root is commercial: mercy was once imagined as a kind of heavenly payment for kindness. That same 'merci' is why the French now say it for 'thank you' — the price gone soft into gratitude.
- latin root
- From merces, meaning price or reward — mercy was once payment
- chess move
- Resigning before checkmate is mercy for the loser's dignity
- legal escape
- Royal pardons let kings undo any court's verdict
- shakespeare line
- It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
- strongest flex
- Sparing an enemy you could destroy reads as power, not weakness
for instance
operation rescue daniel pearl — failed 2002 attempt to save wsj journalist from pakistani militants