Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

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.

The Past lives o'er again,
In its effects, and to the guilty spirit
The ever-frowning Present is read more

The Past lives o'er again,
In its effects, and to the guilty spirit
The ever-frowning Present is its image.

Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
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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!

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 good conscience is a continued Christmas.

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.