"The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest." — William Dean Howells

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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
• I don't run a car, have never run a car. I could say that this is because I have this… — David Attenborough
• Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how… — Wystan Hugh Auden
• Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
• So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their… — Walter Bagehot
• Modesty is the conscience of the body. — Honore de Balzac
• Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it. — Honore de Balzac
• Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it… — Jean Baudrillard
• Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to… — Ingmar Bergman
• Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. — Ambrose Bierce
• Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become… — Bono
• In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience. — Bono

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