Quotes
Quotes about Conscience
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus esto, Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.]
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Now conscience wakes despair That slumber'd, wakes the bitter memory Of what he was, what is, and what must be Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue!
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.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.
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.]
A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder.
A bad conscience has a very good memory
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.
Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.
He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes.
A good conscience is a continued Christmas.
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and row brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
