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The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
All things truly wicked start from innocence.
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.
O God, keep me innocent; make others great!
[Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux
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O God, keep me innocent; make others great!
[Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux
autres.]
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?"
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.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
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.
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
