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William Shakespeare2 quotes
I feel within me
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience. — William Shakespeare · 1613Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind;
The thief doth fear each bush an officer. — William Shakespeare · 1595Dante Alighieri1 quote
O pure and noble conscience, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! — Dante Alighieri · 1321Euripides1 quote
There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience. — Euripides · 428 BCFred C. Dobbs1 quote
Conscience. What a thing. If you believe you got a conscience it'll pester you to death. But if you don't believe you got one, what could it do t'ya? — Fred C. Dobbs · 1948Harper Lee1 quote
The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience. — Harper Lee · 1960Jiminy Cricket1 quote
Always let your conscience be your guide. — Jiminy Cricket · 1940Karl Barth1 quote
Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life. — Karl Barth · 1957Lillian Hellman1 quote
I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. — Lillian Hellman · 1952Mark Twain1 quote
An uneasy conscience is a hair in the mouth. — Mark Twain · 1904Polybius1 quote
There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible, as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man. — Polybius · 118 BC