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

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

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience,
that the river of thy thoughts may roll read more

So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience,
that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth,
[It., Se toso grazia risolva le schiume
Di vostra conscienza, si che chiaro
Per essa scenda della mente il fiume.]

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.

Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

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.

According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
on account of his deeds arise read more

According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
on account of his deeds arise in his mind.
[Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra
Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]

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

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