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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.
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.
To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's read more
To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.
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.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.
They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.