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Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for read more
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.
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?"
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
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.
