“A mind conscious of its own rectitude.”
Mens sibi conscia recti.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 604
“The mind, conscious of rectitude, laughed to scorn the falsehood of report.”
IV, 311. Compare: "And the mind conscious of virtue may bring to thee suitable rewards", Virgil, The Aeneid, i, 604
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