<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Conscience - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64108]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9811]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clear conscience is a soft pillow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conscience without God is like a court without a judge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9813]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9815]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9818]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9825]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9826]]></link><description><![CDATA[No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good conscience is a continued Christmas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9827]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good conscience is a continued Christmas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9805]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:  But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts   Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;    Himself his own dungeon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory  Of what he was, what is, and what must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory  Of what he was, what is, and what must be   Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which  I find no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9807]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which  I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let his tormentor conscience find him out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let his tormentor conscience find him out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9810]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind. [Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra  Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The still small voice is wanted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The still small voice is wanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend;  But if he will thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend;  But if he will thy friendly checks forego,   Thou art, oh! woe for me, his deadliest foe!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore! [It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9797]]></link><description><![CDATA[O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore! [It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,  Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9798]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth, [It., Se toso grazia risolva le schiume  Di vostra conscienza, si che chiaro   Per essa scenda della mente il fiume.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws from and repels its brother. [Ger., Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws from and repels its brother. [Ger., Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust,  Die eine will sich von der andern trennen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus esto,  Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,  Oh! 'tis a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,  Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,   Filled up with horror all, and big with death!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilty consciences always make people cowards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilty consciences always make people cowards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have cheveril consciences that will stretch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9788]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn,   Appoint appearance and return?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws So much, as when we call our old debts in  At sixty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9790]]></link><description><![CDATA[But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws So much, as when we call our old debts in  At sixty years, and draw the accounts of evil,   And find a deuced balance with the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quiet conscience makes one so serene! Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded  That all the Apostles would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9791]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quiet conscience makes one so serene! Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded  That all the Apostles would have done as they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;  Whatever creed be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;  Whatever creed be taught or land be trod,   Man's conscience is the oracle of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no future pang Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd  He deals on his own soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9793]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no future pang Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd  He deals on his own soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Past lives o'er again, In its effects, and to the guilty spirit  The ever-frowning Present is its image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Past lives o'er again, In its effects, and to the guilty spirit  The ever-frowning Present is its image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3583</guid></item></channel></rss>