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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.]
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
A bad conscience has a very good memory
A bad conscience has a very good memory
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
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He that has light within his own clear breast
May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day:
But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts
Benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
Himself his own dungeon.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
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.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
