The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today y

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. – Chinese Proverb

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Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. – Samuel Butler

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The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all. – Max Beerbohm

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