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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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Honor is the moral conscience of the great. – DAvenant

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There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right. – Sir Winston Churchill

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

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When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented. – Samuel Butler

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Youre basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology. It wont work. Thats why you have all these problems in the world. Name them: India, Pakistan, Ireland. Name them-all these problems. Theyre all religious problems. – Jack Kevorkian

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