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Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to

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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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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A mans conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldnt do — but it does not keep him from doing it. – Frank A. Clark

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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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The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness. – Marguerite Blessington

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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. – Proverb

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