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Conscience (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the true guide of man. It never deceives us and is to man what instinct is to the body. He who follows it, obeys nature, and never is afraid of going astray.

Conscience (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. Is it astonishing that often these two languages contradict each other.

The Conscience (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the voice of the soul, the passions are the voice of the body. is it astonishing that often these two languages contradict each other, and then to which must we listen? Too often reason deceives us; we have only too much acquired the right of refusing to listen to it ; but conscience never deceives us; it is the true guide of man ; it is to man what instinct is to the body, which follows it, obeys nature, and never is afraid ot going astray.

Conscience (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the voice of the soul, just as the passions are the voice of the body.

Conscience (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a bookish sophist — we should find our rules of conduct in our heart. Whatever we feel to be good is good. Whatever we feel to be evil is evil.