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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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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. – Chinese Proverb

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Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does. – Josh Billings

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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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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great. – William Ellery Channing

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