Henry James quote: People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point ...

People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.

~ Henry James ~

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