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Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Yet still there whispers the small voice within,
Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;
Whatever read more
Yet still there whispers the small voice within,
Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;
Whatever creed be taught or land be trod,
Man's conscience is the oracle of God.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to
prevent, it seldom has justice enough to read more
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to
prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e read more
O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing
wound thee sore!
[It., O dignitosa coscienza e netta,
Come t' e picciol fallo amaro morso.]
There is no future pang
Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd
He deals on his read more
There is no future pang
Can deal that justice on the self condemn'd
He deals on his own soul.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.
Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
