Big Books of 2026

Leniency Quotes

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Susan Sontag
“With genius, as with beauty -- all, well almost all, is forgiven.”
― Susan Sontag, The Volcano Lover
tags: beauty, exemptions, forgiveness, generosity, genius, leniency, social-norms, society
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Amit Kalantri
“Power does not pardon, power punishes.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
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“The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation.”
― Sandra L. Schneider
tags: acceptance, denial, leniency, meaning, reality
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Joyce Rachelle
“It's not about the extent to which something happened or did not happen; it's whether we choose to confront evil and call it what it is, or simply let it pass because it 'wasn't enough of a big deal'.”
― Joyce Rachelle
tags: christian-tolerance, church-discipline, good-and-bad, good-and-evil, judgment, justice, leniency, tolerance
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Friedrich Nietzsche
“[The] self overcoming of justice: one knows the beautiful name it has given itself--mercy...”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo
tags: clemency, justice, leniency, mercy, nietzshce
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“Poison is not merciful towards people who have consumed it unknowingly.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
tags: awareness, ignorance, knowledge, leniency, lenient, merciful, mercy, mistake, poison, poisonous
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Marc Grossberg
“You may not like what I'm saying, but the cops and these people have a sort of code. So long as the rich and powerful don't go overboard, cops give them the slack that people who live in the barrios or Third Ward or the trailer parks don't get”
― Marc Grossberg, The Best People: A Tale of Trials and Errors
tags: houston, lawyers, legal-fiction, leniency
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