Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice - Carnegie Library - Pittsburgh, PA - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

This quote from the play, The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare is located on a plaque on a monument directly across from the main entrance to the Carnegie Library between Forbes Avenue and Schenley Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On the plaque is the image of a woman, likely Portia from the play, with a quote from Act IV, Scene 1, in which Portia beseeches Shylock to be merciful to Antonio. The quote is:

The quality of mercy is not strain'd
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, William Shakespeare was an "English poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time." He was born in the 1560s and in his lifetime wrote more than three dozen plays and more than 150 sonnets. Much of his work is extremely well-known, being standard parts of English curriculum in schools around the world.

Address: 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Website: [Web Link]

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