Quotes
Quotes about Innocence
When faith is kneeling by his bed of death,
And innocence is closing up his eyes,
Now if thou wouldst, when all have given him over,
From death to life thou might'st him yet recover.
The spinsters and the knitters in the sun
And the free maids that weave their thread with bones
Do use to chant it: it is silly sooth,
And dallies with the innocence of love,
Like the old age.
Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.
An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
Plain living and high thinking are no more.
The homely beauty of the good old cause
Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence,
And pure religion breathing household laws.
O Mirth and Innocence! O milk and water!
Ye happy mixtures of more happy days.
Duluth! The word fell upon my ear with a peculiar and indescribable charm, like the gentle murmur of a low fountain stealing forth in the midst of roses, or the soft sweet accent of an angel's whisper in the bright, joyous dream of sleeping innocence. 'T was the name for which my soul had panted for years, as the hart panteth for the water-brooks.
The hills look over on the South,
And Southward dreams the sea;
And with the sea-breeze hand in hand,
Came innocence and she.
Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
She who from April dates her years, Diamonds should wear, lest bitter tears For vain repentance flow; this stone, Emblem of innocence is known.
Innocence is not accustomed to blush. [Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
A girl is Innocence playing in the mud, Beauty standing on its head, and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the innocence of others: So they will try to reduce all others to their own level.
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give, When its resistless accents flow To bid affection live.
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.
"In innocence there is no strength against evil," said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it for good."
What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
But innocence has nothing to dread. [Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]
