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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e read more
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,
Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]
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.
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.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
The still small voice is wanted.
The still small voice is wanted.
