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Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
 We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
 And bleat the one at th' other. What read more 
 We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
 And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed
  Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
   The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
    That any did. 
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
 "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." 
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.
 But innocence has nothing to dread.
 [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]  
 But innocence has nothing to dread.
 [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.] 
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.