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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.
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.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
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.
