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He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
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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.
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never
turn pale with guilt.
[Lat., Hic read more
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.]
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
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.
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
