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

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

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.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.

They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.

They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

A bad conscience has a very good memory

A bad conscience has a very good memory

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.

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.