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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
 O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence
 Love takes the meaning in love's conference.  
 O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence
 Love takes the meaning in love's conference. 
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it read more
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.
When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told read more
When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"
 An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
 And glides in modest innocence away.  
 An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
 And glides in modest innocence away. 
 "In innocence there is no strength against evil," said 
Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it read more 
 "In innocence there is no strength against evil," said 
Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it for 
good." 
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
 What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to 
the law.
 [Lat., Quam angusta read more 
 What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to 
the law.
 [Lat., Quam angusta innocentia est, ad legem bonum esse.] 
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.