Pity is the virtue of the law
- DMI number:
- 20322
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- 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:
- Virtue / vice and The law
- Author:
- William Shakespeare
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Timon of Athens Act 3 Scene 6.
- First Line:
- For pity is the virtue of the law
- Last Line:
- And none but tyrants use it cruelly
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Thesaurus Dramaticus [II] [T134540] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Shak. Tim. Ath.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Timon of Athens.
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