There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible, as the conscience that dwells… — Polybius
There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible, as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
In the original Greek
οὐδεὶς γὰρ οὕτως οὔτε μάρτυς ἐστι φοβερὸς οὔτε κατήγορος δεινὸς ὡς ἡ σύνεσις ἡ κατοικοῦσ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ἑκάστων ψυχαῖς.
118 BC
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Polybius. The Histories, translated by W. R. Paton. Vol. 5, Harvard University Press, 2012, bk. 18.
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Polybius. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 110 BC, bk. 18.
