Ethics Quote by William Shakespeare

Let not our babbling dreams affright our souls; Conscience is but a work that cowards use, Devised at first to keep the strong in…

— William Shakespeare

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe

— William Shakespeare

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;

— William Shakespeare

Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art,…

— George Crabbe

“Conscience is the manifestation of our divine nature, the absolute truthfulness that we all have inside, that resides beyond the instinctive desire to survive.”

— Ilchi Lee

“For though consciences are as unlike as foreheads, every intelligence, not including the Scriptural devils who "believe and tremble" has one.”

— Herman Melville

“Resistance has no conscience.”

— Steven Pressfield

“A conscience can be a dangerous thing”

— Kyra Dune

“Conscience is just a polite word for cowardice. No civilised man regrets a pleasure.”

— Anonymous

Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

— James Freeman Clarke

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“Conscience is harder than our enemies, knows more, accuses with more nicety.”

— George Eliot