Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

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.

Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power read more

Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power to adjourn,
Appoint appearance and return?

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

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.

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

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

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.