Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws
from and repels its brother.
[Ger., Zwei Seelen read more

Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws
from and repels its brother.
[Ger., Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust,
Die eine will sich von der andern trennen.]

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

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

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

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

But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
So much, as when we call our old debts in
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But at sixteen the conscience rarely gnaws
So much, as when we call our old debts in
At sixty years, and draw the accounts of evil,
And find a deuced balance with the devil.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.