"A conscience without God is like a court…" — Alphonse de Lamartine
"A conscience without God is like a court without a judge."
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75 Quotes by Alphonse de Lamartine
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Kindness is virtue itself.
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The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which…
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If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could…
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We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty…
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My dog! the difference between thee and me knows only our Creator.
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Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
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There is a name hidden in the shadow of my soul, where I read it night and day and no…
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Man, man, is thy brother, and thy father is God.
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If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could…
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Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never.
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True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.
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Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace....
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More Conscience Quotes
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he…
— Francis of Assisi
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I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this…
— David Attenborough
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
— Richard Bach
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
— Walter Bagehot
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
— Honore de Balzac
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Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.
— Honore de Balzac
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Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to…
— Ingmar Bergman
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become…
— Bono
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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
— Bono
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