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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!
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.
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.
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it
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.
Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
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Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other Courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power to adjourn,
Appoint appearance and return?
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.]
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
