Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

A clear conscience is a soft pillow.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

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.]

Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.

Whom conscience, ne'er asleep,
Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.

They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.

They have cheveril consciences that will stretch.

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

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

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.

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good