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A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
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.
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! read more
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,
Filled up with horror all, and big with death!
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
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!
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
The still small voice is wanted.
The still small voice is wanted.
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!
