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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. 
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
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
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
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?"
There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.
There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.
 O, white innocence,
 That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
  Thine awful and serenest read more 
 O, white innocence,
 That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
  Thine awful and serenest countenance
   From those who know thee not!