“He was not a first-class swordsman, but he had far more knowledge of the weapon than his opponent, and he had no scruple about using his knowledge.”

“We are persuaded that there are minds, under the influence of this tendency, with which a scruple of doubt weighs more than a pound of positive argument.”

“I gave him a mixture composed of one ounce of peeled pumpkin seed, made into an emulsion, to which I added a scruple of cowage and half an ounce of spirits of turpentine.”

“Such moral scrupulousness and lack of compromise is regarded as an essential fruit of salvation.”

“They feel they have to make some worthy comment, treat the city with some kind of moral scrupulousness and say something appropriate.”

“Invariably, FDA's scrupulousness has benefited science and saved millions of lives.”

“They favored the use of general absolution and found that the practice of private confession encouraged scrupulosity.”

“She rejected the prevailing model of salvation that too often produced scrupulosity and extreme forms of passion piety.”

“She says I'm suffering from a kind of extremism, an obsessive-compulsive disorder called scrupulosity.”

“She always followed her scruples, never compromising her moral principles regardless of the circumstances.”