You May Also Like / View all maxioms
The still small voice is wanted.
The still small voice is wanted.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
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.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
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!
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.]
