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Quotation from Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory

“never to do outrageousity nor murder, and always to flee treason; also, by no means to be cruel, but to give mercy unto him that asketh mercy”

Thomas Malory (spoken by Narrator (Arthur's charge to his knights))

Le Morte d'Arthur, Book III, Ch. XV (Project Gutenberg #1251 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text))

Portrait of Thomas Malory

The opening of the oath that the knights of the Round Table swear every year at Pentecost.

Citation: "never to do outrageousity nor murder, and always to flee treason; also, by no means to be cruel, but to give mercy unto him that asketh mercy" — Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book III, Ch. XV (Project Gutenberg #1251 (A. W. Pollard's edition of Caxton's text)). (id le-morte-darthur-q3)

Virtues: Justice, Charity, Honor

Portrait: The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, Cedric Chivers / Aubrey Beardsley, Public domain.

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