#conscience

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#clear #consciences #men #mercy #none

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#gallantry #more #politics #than

Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#good #live #most #people #proceeds

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#herd-mentality #peer-pressure #reputation #science

Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does. ↗

— Evan Esar

#guilt #humor #humor

Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times. ↗

— Connie Brockway

#conscience #humor #humor

Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love him at all. Then, when she sees him suffering, her remorse sets in, and she does what she can to repair the wrong. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#cruelty #love #loved #sexes #unrequited

I’m not going to faint at the sight of your butt,’ she said. ‘Ya might, and I don’t want that on my conscience,’ he said, tossing the jeans aside. ↗

— Jana Oliver

#riley-blackthorne #conscience