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Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
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.]
A bad conscience has a very good memory
A bad conscience has a very good memory
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
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.]
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
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.
