There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.


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There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
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There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
SOPHOCLES
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
ANONYMOUS
A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
UNKNOWN
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
FRENCH PROVERB
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience
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There is no vengeance as terrible as the vengeance a coward plots in the dark of his heart.
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There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.
JEAN GIRAUDOUX
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man. -Jean Giraudoux.
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No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.
STEFAN ZWEIG
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ROBERT BURNS
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SENECA
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DEYTH BANGER
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NORM TOMLINSON
That man has no soul, no conscience.
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CHARLES MARTIN
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
UNKNOWN
No man lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
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He was so terrible that he was no longer terrible, only dehumanized.
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No man is so great as mankind.
THEODORE PARKER
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No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.
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There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.
MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE
Chaos needs no allies, for it dwells like a poison in every one of us.
STEVEN ERIKSON
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.
THOMAS CARLYLE
No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
As long as the Lord and Master dwells in the mind, no obstacles are encountered
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
The heart is a silent witness.
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Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance. There is something so very dreadf...
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.
JOHN GAY
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
AESCHYLUS
There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
JOSEPH ADDISON
I wrote to you for a year and you never wrote back. T
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MELINA MARCHETTA
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HENRY WARD BEECHER
There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
BENJAMIN DISRAELI
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There is no conscience in a real war.
TOBA BETA
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FRANK HERBERT
There is no index so sure as the voice.
TANCRED
This man has no soul; he has no conscience.
ROSEMARY DILLARD
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.
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JOHN CONNOLLY
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
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As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
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As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
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There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.
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PRABHAVANANDA
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In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.
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There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work.
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There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE
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There is no fatigue so wearisome as that which comes from lack of work
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