A Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations

Every human feeling, answered by Shakespeare: an 1892 dictionary that files the Bard's best lines under the passions they express — from Ambition to Woe.

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Lenity: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

For what doth cherish weeds but gentle air? And what makes robbers bold, but too much lenity?— H. VI. PT. III. ii. 6.
My gracious liege, this too much lenity And harmful pity, must be laid aside. H.VI. PT. III. ii.
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