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Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good
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.
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
on account of his deeds arise read more
According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear
on account of his deeds arise in his mind.
[Lat., Conscia mens ut cuique sua est, ita concipit intra
Pectora pro facto spemque metumque suo.]
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
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.
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
Nothing makes one so vain as being told one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.
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?
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be
looking.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be
looking.
