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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.

by Elizabeth E. Bowen Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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But thus: if powers divine
Behold our human actions, as they do,
I doubt not then but read more

But thus: if powers divine
Behold our human actions, as they do,
I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush and tyranny
Tremble at patience.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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O God, keep me innocent; make others great!
[Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux
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O God, keep me innocent; make others great!
[Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux
autres.]

by Caroline Matilda Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of read more

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.

by Francis Thompson Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to read more

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end

by Lise Hand Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

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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?"

by Howard Ikemoto Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.

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The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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