Conscience Quotes

The nonconformist conscience makes cowards of us all. (Max Beerbohm, 1872-1956)

There is another man within me that's angry with me. (Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682)

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832)

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking. (Henry L. Mencken, 1880-1956)

The sting of conscience, like the gnawing of a dog at a bone, is mere foolishness. (Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900)

The worm of conscience keeps the same hours as the owl. (Friedrich Schiller, 1759-1805)

Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinion of others. (Sir Henry Taylor, 1800-1886)

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade name of the firm. (Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900)

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