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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! read more
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,
Filled up with horror all, and big with death!
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
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.]
