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  • A clear conscience is a good pillow.

    American Proverb

    A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

    Anonymous1

    A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

    Anonymous

    A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

    If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved3 you from guilt2, you would not be without friends.

    Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855), Jane Eyre pg. 61

    A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

    Doug Larson

    In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.

    Dutch Proverb

    Conscience is God's presence in man.

    Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772)

    There is one thing alone

    that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:

    a quiet conscience.

    Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Hippolytus, 428 B.C.

    Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.

    Evan Esar (1899 - 1995)

    Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt.

    George Sewell

    Labor4 to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial5 fire called conscience.

    George Washington (1732 - 1799)

    Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

    H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

    Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

    H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)

    Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide6 by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

    Harper Lee (1926 - ), To Kill a Mockingbird

    The conscience of a people is their power.

    John Dryden (1631 - 1700)

    All a man can betray is his conscience.

    Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

    Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.

    Karl Barth (1886 - 1968)

    I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

    Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), letter to Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives, May 19, 1952

    Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.

    Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"

    Freedom is a clear conscience.

    Periander

    Conscience is the voice of the soul.

    Polish Proverb

    There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.

    Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), History

    Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

    Robert Ingersoll (1833 - 1899)

    Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour.

    Saint Augustine (354 AD - 430 AD)

    Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation7 of the opinion of others.

    Sir Henry Taylor

    It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

    Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letters to Benjamin Rush, April 21, 1803

    ...the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

    Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

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    1 anonymous [əˈnɒnɪməs] lM2yp   第7级
    adj.无名的;匿名的;无特色的
    参考例句:
    • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act. 寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
    • The author wishes to remain anonymous. 作者希望姓名不公开。
    2 guilt [gɪlt] 9e6xr   第7级
    n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责
    参考例句:
    • She tried to cover up her guilt by lying. 她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
    • Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork. 别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。
    3 absolved [əbˈzɔlvd] 815f996821e021de405963c6074dce81   第8级
    宣告…无罪,赦免…的罪行,宽恕…的罪行( absolve的过去式和过去分词 ); 不受责难,免除责任 [义务] ,开脱(罪责)
    参考例句:
    • The court absolved him of all responsibility for the accident. 法院宣告他对该事故不负任何责任。
    • The court absolved him of guilt in her death. 法庭赦免了他在她的死亡中所犯的罪。
    4 labor ['leɪbə(r)] P9Tzs   第7级
    n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
    参考例句:
    • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor. 我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
    • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor. 艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
    5 celestial [səˈlestiəl] 4rUz8   第9级
    adj.天体的;天上的
    参考例句:
    • The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn. 玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
    • Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies. 万有引力控制着天体的运动。
    6 abide [əˈbaɪd] UfVyk   第7级
    vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受
    参考例句:
    • You must abide by the results of your mistakes. 你必须承担你的错误所造成的后果。
    • If you join the club, you have to abide by its rules. 如果你参加俱乐部,你就得遵守它的规章。
    7 anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn] iMTyh   第8级
    n.预期,预料,期望
    参考例句:
    • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival. 我们在车站等着,期待她的到来。
    • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake. 各种动物都变得焦躁不安,像是感到了地震即将发生。

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