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It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Quixote de la Mancha (don, fict.name.) (1847). “The history of don Quixote de la Mancha. From the Span. To which is prefixed a sketch of the life and writings of the author. Select libr. ed”, p.321
It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity.