"Conscience, Madam, requireth knowledge; and I fear that……" — John Knox
"Conscience, Madam, requireth knowledge; and I fear that right knowledge ye have none."
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32 Quotes by John Knox
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No one else holds or has held the place in the heart of the world which Jesus holds. Other gods…
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I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
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I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again.…
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To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to…
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As touching nature I am a worm of this earth, and yet a subject of this commonwealth; but as touching…
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Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have…
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As the world is weary of me so am I of it.
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But hereof be assured, that all is not lawful nor just that is statute by civil laws; neither yet is…
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The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is…
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Let a thing here be noted, that the prophet of God sometimes may teach treason against kings, and yet neither…
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Neither can oath nor promise bind any such people to obey and maintain tyrants against God and against his truth…
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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…
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
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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…
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
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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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