All things truly wicked start from innocence.

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.

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!

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.]

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!

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

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.

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower:
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To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower:
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
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E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
To bid affection live.