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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws
from and repels its brother.
[Ger., Zwei Seelen read more
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.]
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
on account of his deeds arise read more
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.]
Yet still there whispers the small voice within,
Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;
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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.
