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A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
O Conscience, into what abyss of fears
And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which
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O Conscience, into what abyss of fears
And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which
I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
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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.]
A bad conscience has a very good memory
A bad conscience has a very good memory
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
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.
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.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
