He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.

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.]

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

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

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

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.

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.

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

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.