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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
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!
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.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
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.]
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.
