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.]

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands
it.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Guilty consciences always make people cowards.

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Let his tormentor conscience find him out.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.

Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
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Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,
Filled up with horror all, and big with death!

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

A good conscience is a continued Christmas.

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.