For pity is the virtue of the law

DMI number:

13973

Poem Aliases

Shakespeare. Timon of Athens.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

For pity is the virtue of the law

Last Line:

And none but tyrants use it cruelly

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work

Themes:

Advice / moral precepts

Related People

Author:

William Shakespeare

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Timon of Athens Act 3 Scene 6.

Related Poems

First Line:

Pity is the virtue of the law

Last Line:

And none but tyrants use it cruelly

Relationship:

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Content/Publication

Title:

The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. [T131617] [ecco]

Page No(s):

p.136

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shakespear's Timon

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare