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Tag Name "Leniency" (12)

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We may gamble on outsmarting the law we may even gamble on the leniency of man and the mercy of God-but no man ever won a gamble with his own conscience. Even should he think he has beaten his conscience into submission, his misdeeds still leave their mark upon him. Anyone who gambles against this fact has already lost his gamble.
Sidney Greenberg
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I plead for leniency. I understand that the road to redemption is going to be long for me.
Albert Gonzalez
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Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.
Honore de Balzac
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I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.
Jeremy Renner
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He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.
Jostein Gaarder
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Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.
Vincent de Paul
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Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
Cardinal Richelieu
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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
Freda Adler
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People have a lot less leniency for some reason for women straying from a relationship than they do for men.
Jason Segel
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Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon.
John Piper
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A white lie is always pardonable. But he who tells the truth without compulsion merits no leniency.
Karl Kraus