George Herbert Quotes About Conscience

Quotes about: Conscience

• Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters deliver us to laws; they send us bound to rules of reason, holy messengers, pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes, fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, bibles laid open, millions of surprises, blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, the sound of glory ringing in our ears: without, our shame; within, our consciences; angels and grace, eternal hopes and fears. Yet all these fences and their whole array one cunning bosom-sin blows quite away.

  George Herbert

  Angel, Sunday, Blessing

  George Herbert (1853). “The works of the Rev. George Herbert: with remarks on his writings, and a sketch of his life”, p.47

• Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.

  George Herbert

  Church, Altars, Conscience

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.347

• If any speak ill of thee, fly home to thy own conscience and examine thy heart. If thou art guilty, it is a just correction; if not guilty, it is a fair instruction.

  George Herbert

  Art, Home, Speak

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