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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be
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Now conscience wakes despair
That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory
Of what he was, what is, and read more
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!
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
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.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.
Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
