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“My conscience is my crown,Contented thoughts my rest;My heart is happy in itself,My bliss is in my breast.Enough I reckon wealth;A mean the surest lot,That lies too high for base contempt,Too low for envy's shot.”

Heart Mean Enough Lying Wealth My Heart Lows Shots Conscience Envy Bliss Breasts Contempt Crowns

Book:The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull

Source: The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull

“Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.”

Should Heart Stills Ought Holy Conscience Breasts Yearning Alas Unwilling

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The breast of a good man is a little heaven commencing on earth; where the Deity sits enthroned with unrivaled influence, every subjugated passion, "like the wind and storm, fulfilling his word.”

Men Littles Earth Passion Heaven Influence Wind Conscience Storm Breasts Good Man Fulfilling Deities

Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“As the mind of each man is conscious of good or evil, so does he conceive within his breast hope or fear, according to his actions.”

Men Mind Doe Action Evil Conscious Conscience Breasts

Book:The Fasti ; Tristia ; Pontic epistles ; Ibis ; and Halieuticon of Ovid

Source: The Fasti ; Tristia ; Pontic epistles ; Ibis ; and Halieuticon of Ovid

“Trust me no tortures which the poets feign Can match the fierce unutterable pain He feels, who night and day devoid of rest Carries his own accuser in his breast.”

Feels Pain Night Poet Conscience Torture Breasts Carrie Fierce Trust Me Accusers

Book:The satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius ...

Source: The satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius ...

“No infallible oracle out of the breast.”

Conscience Breasts Infallible Oracles

Book:Reason in Religion

Source: Reason in Religion

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”

Littles Fire Alive Evolution Integrity Conscience Labor Breasts Sparks 4th Of July Celestial Sparking

Author:George Washington