Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Hamlet, Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
CONSCIENCE.
Whatever creed be taught or land be trod,
Man's conscience is the oracle of God.
The Island, Canto I. LORD BYRON.
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, oh! woe for me, his deadliest foe!
Struggles of Conscience. G. CRABBE.
Conscience is harder than our enemies,
Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
Spanish Gypsy. GEORGE ELIOT.
Of a' the ills that flesh can fear,
The loss o' frien's, the lack o' gear,
A yowlin' tyke, a glandered mear,
A lassie's nonsense—
There's just ae thing I cannae bear,
An' that's my conscience.
My Conscience. R.L. STEVENSON.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
K. Richard III., Act v. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Why should not Conscience have vacation
As well as other courts o' th' nation?
Have equal power to adjourn,
Appoint appearance and return?
Hudibras, Pt. II. Canto II. S. BUTLER.
Soft, I did but dream.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!
K. Richard III., Act v. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Let his tormentor conscience find him out.
Paradise Regained, Bk. IV. MILTON.