George Crabbe Quotes

I'll not meddle with it; it is a dangerous thing; it makes a man a coward; a man cannot steal, but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear, but it checks him; a man cannot lie with his neighbor's wife, but it detects him. 'Tis a blushing, shame -faced spirit, that mutinies in a man's bosom ; it fills one full of obstacles; it made me once restore a purse of gold that by chance I found; it beggars any man that keeps it; it is turned out of all towns and cities for a dangerous thing; and every man that means to live well endeavors to trust to himself and live without it.

Conscience is the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. It is strange that these voices often contradict each other?

Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.

Conscience reigns but it does not govern.

Whom conscience, ne'er asleep, Wounds with incessant strokes, not loud, but deep.

Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

A disciplined conscience is a man's best friend. It may not be his most amiable, but it is his most faithful monitor.

Conscience, man's moral medicine chest.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Conscience is a thousand swords.

Reason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.

Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we've done - or failed to do - with our personal values.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Conscience: something that feels terrible when everything else feels well.

There is nothing in the whole frame of man which seems to me so unaccountable as that thing called conscience.

I think guilt can be good to a small degree, keep you on the right path.

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.

Conscience is the accumulated sediment of ancestral faint- heartedness

Conscience is the anticipation of the fellow who awaits you if and when you come home.

Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.