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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.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
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
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
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.]
He's armed without that's innocent within.
He's armed without that's innocent within.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
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.
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.
