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The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
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.
Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws
from and repels its brother.
[Ger., Zwei Seelen read more
Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws
from and repels its brother.
[Ger., Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust,
Die eine will sich von der andern trennen.]
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
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.
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.
