Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.

Robert Ludlum
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made...
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made...
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made...
Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made...
About This Quote

This quote goes back to the time when a man used to have a conscience. This quote is a comment about how a man’s conscience can make him feel better about himself. But, it’s more than that too. The fact that he had something to be proud of, something he could feel good about, makes him feel better about himself. It gives him the opportunity to get up in the morning and go on with his life.

Source: The Bourne Supremacy

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