Clemency Status

Famous quotes containing the words clemency and/or status:

“That clemency which the world cries up for such a mighty virtue proceeds sometimes from ostentation, sometimes from laziness and neglect, very often from fear, almost always from a mixture of all these together.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)