Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

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.

Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never
turn pale with guilt.
[Lat., Hic read more

Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never
turn pale with guilt.
[Lat., Hic murus aeneus esto,
Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.]

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

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.

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it

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

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

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.

A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.