Honore de Balzac Quotes

Conscience is a cudgel which all men pick up in order to thwack their neighbors instead of applying it to their own shoulders.

Honore de Balzac

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• Conscience is a cudgel which all men pick up in order to thwack their neighbors instead of applying it to their own shoulders.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Conscience
  • Neighbors
  • Pickup