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The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
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.
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.]