Life and Literature

Chapter 27

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Between right and wrong never waver a moment.

--_From the German._

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Confidence always gives pleasure to the man in whom it is placed.

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No one so sure but he may miss.

--_Dutch._

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Don"t cry hurrah till you are over the bridge.

--_From the German._

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Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

--_Wm. Pitt._

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He who knows the road, can ride at full trot.

--_From the Italian._

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Never put much confidence in those who put no confidence in others.

--_Hare._

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A good conscience is sometimes sold for money, but never bought with it.

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Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.

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A clear conscience is a good pillow.

--_Kingsley._

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A quiet conscience makes one so serene!

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Conscience is the chamber of justice.

--_Origen._

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Conscience may be said to be the voice of G.o.d within us.

--_Aughey._

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Conscience, that sound of G.o.d in the human heart, whose "still small voice" the loudest revelry can not drown.

--_W. H. Harrison._

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_Consistency_--Thou art a jewel!

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Is there no constancy in earthly things?

No happiness in us, but what must alter?