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A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
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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.]
A bad conscience has a very good memory
A bad conscience has a very good memory
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.
But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
So much, as when we call our old debts in
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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.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
