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He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to ob

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

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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. – Chinese Proverb

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O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! – Dante Alighieri

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Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire. – Madame Dudevant

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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. – Proverb

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Conscience is the dog that cant bite, but never stops barking. – Proverb

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Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance. – Al Goldstein

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Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. – E.L. Doctorow

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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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I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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