#conscience

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

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As crucial as religion has been and is to the life of the nation, America's unifying force has never been a specific faith, but a commitment to freedom - not least freedom of conscience. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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

— H. L. Mencken

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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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The collective conscience of a hundred musicians is no light burden. Think for a moment of what it would mean to a pianist if by some miracle every key of his instrument should suddenly become a living thing. ↗

— Charles Munch

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A satellite has no conscience. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

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There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. ↗

— Ogden Nash

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