• In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.

  Thomas De Quincey
  British writer 1785-1859
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1. encumbrance
2. expensive
3. carriage

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In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. by : Thomas De Quincey

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