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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.
The Past lives o'er again,
In its effects, and to the guilty spirit
The ever-frowning Present is read more
The Past lives o'er again,
In its effects, and to the guilty spirit
The ever-frowning Present is its image.
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Yet still there whispers the small voice within,
Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;
Whatever read more
Yet still there whispers the small voice within,
Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din;
Whatever creed be taught or land be trod,
Man's conscience is the oracle of God.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
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.]
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
Guilty consciences always make people cowards.
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
