A cleere conscience is a sure carde.

A cleere conscience is a sure carde.

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.]

O Conscience, into what abyss of fears
And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which
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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.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

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.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be
looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be
looking.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.