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Conscience Quote by John Dewey

“One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience…” quote by John Dewey — Download Open image

“One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart.”

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We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.

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Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

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Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.

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My conscience is really active. So I feel bad about spending excess amount of money on things.

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Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

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Making money doesn't oblige people to forfeit their honor or their conscience.

Guy de Rothschild

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The God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand one day a book of Martin Luthers; it…

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Never can true courage dwell with them, Who, playing tricks with conscience, dare not look At their own vices.

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I've worked with people who are much further to the left than I am and much further to the right than I am. At…

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If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would…

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[D]on't grow old. With age comes caution, which is another name for cowardice.... Whatever else you do in life, don't cultivate a conscience. Without…

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