A Quote by Oscar Wilde

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde
Irish - Poet
October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.

Gaston Bachelard

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Steven Wright

When comparing human memory and computer memory it is clear that the human version has two distinct disadvantages. Firstly, as indeed I have experienced myself, due to ageing, human memory can exhibit very poor short term recall.

Kevin Warwick

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

Doug Larson

The most identifiable trait of Anglo-Saxons is that we always mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

Argus Hamilton

Discernment is the son of good judgment and the father of self-control. When mixed with an already clear conscience, the ability to read the true motives of a critic keeps one's conscience both clear and at ease.

Criss Jami

A clear conscience is generally the result of a faulty memory, not a faulty life.

Joan D. Vinge

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Adam Smith

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

Adam Smith

What I cannot live with may not bother another man's conscience. The result is that conscience will stand against conscience.

Hannah Arendt

What does a man seek in this world? A position, or a throne? Man seeks peace of mind and the fear of Almighty God. As long as one knows that there is ajudgement day, he tries to keep his conscience clear and do what he can.

King Hussein I

Another doctrine repugnant to Civill Society, is that whatsoever a man does against his Conscience, is Sinne ; and it dependeth on the presumption of making himself judge of Good and Evill. For a man's Conscience and his Judgement are the same thing, and as the Judgement, so also the Conscience may be erroneous.

Thomas Hobbes

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

Charles Edison

My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.