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The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but it is also so clear that it is impossible to mistake it.

— Anne Louise Germaine de Staël De l’Allemagne [Germany (1813)

La voix de la conscience est si délicate, qu'il est facile d'étouffer; mais elle est si pure, qu'il est impossible de la méconnaître.

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