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He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth
keeping.
A good conscience needs never sneak.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A clear conscience can bear any trouble.
A good conscience is the best divinity.
The worst man is least troubled by his conscience.
An evil conscience is always fearful and unquiet.
A good conscience is a choice companion.
A guilty conscience needs no accusing.
Hearken to the warnings of conscience, if you would not feel
its wounds.
My dominion ends where that of conscience begins.
Napoleon
Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not.
T. a Kempis
The glory of the good is in their consciences, and not in the
tongues of men.
T. a Kempis
Man's conscience is the oracle of God.
Byron
Conscience is the reason, employed about questions of right and
wrong, and accompanied with the sentiments of approbation or
condemnation.
Whewell
A tender conscience is an inestimable blessing; that is, a
conscience not only quick to discern what is evil, but
instantly to shun it, as the eyelid closes itself against the
mote.
N. Adams
Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of
our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless
enlightened by the word of God.
Tryon Edwards
The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to
stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to
mistake it.
Mad. de Stael
Conscience is the voice of the soul, as the passions are the
voice of the body. No wonder they often contradict each other.
Rousseau
Conscience, in most men, is but the anticipation of the
opinions of others.
Taylor
We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it
by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience.
Tryon Edwards
There is no witness so terrible -- no accuser so powerful --
as conscience which dwells within us.
Sophocles
Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes as a judge.
Stanislaus
Conscience tells us that we ought to do right, but it does not
tell us what right is -- that we are taught by God's word.
H. C. Trumbull
A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be
his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.
A. Phelps
Cowardice asks, Is it safe? Expediency asks, Is it politic?
Vanity asks, Is it popular? but Conscience asks, Is it right?
Punshon
It is astonishing how soon the whole conscience begins to
unravel if a single stitch drops. One single sin indulged in
makes a hole you could put your head through.
C. Buxton
Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.
Jewish Saying
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