A Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Compass Conscience Course Directing Direction Follow Man Must Needle Often Sometimes Still Though Try

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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch - Painter
March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890

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