When their consciences get into the act, no logic has any effect on them.

When it comes to extraordinary moments of political crisis, "conscience" sometimes just gets in the way.

"This one," he repeated, his conscience having gotten the better of him.

My conscience had gotten all that was coming to it.

Apparently all went well for a few days, then Svend's conscience got the better of him.

Initially reluctant to help, Daniel's conscience eventually gets the better of him.

He only joins them later, after his conscience gets the better of him.

In the end, his conscience got the better of him.

After the police began investigating, Paul's conscience got the better of him.

But a guilty conscience gets the better of him.