"Go in thy native innocence, rely On what thou hast of virtue, summon all, For God towards thee hath done his part, do thine."
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"There [is] no innocence more dangerous than the innocence of age."
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"Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt"
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"[In old age] there is a childlike innocence, often, that has nothing to do with the childishness of senility. The moments become precious . . ."
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"There may be always a time of innocence. There is never a place."
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"The worst of us is not without innocence, although buried deeply it might be."
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"The only enemy of innocence and beauty is time."
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"By innocence I swear, and by my youth, I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, And that no woman has, nor never none Shall mistress be of it save I alone."
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"Maybe innocence makes its way easiest through the elemental chaos of this world."
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"There is no place for innocence on the battlefield."
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"To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed."
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"The way to innocence, to the uncreated and to God leads on, not back, not back to the wolf or to the child, but ever further into sin, ever deeper into human life."
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"Even if you forget that´s not the same as if it never happened. The slate is not entirely wiped clean; you can´t reclaim the person you were beforehand; your state of innocence is not there to be retrieved."
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"Not everything we do as artists has deep intent. If we push barriers, that's great, but sometimes we just do our work. Whether we make some kind of statement, consciously or unconsciously, we shouldn't take the innocence away from what we do."
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"Oh that simplicity and innocence its own unvalued work so seldom knows!"
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"In your present-moment awareness, awaken to your innocence, your trust, your love, your eternal being."
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"Love, wonder, joy & awareness are the gifts of innocence."
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"It is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment."
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"In every guilty man, there is some innocence. This makes every absolute condemnation revolting."
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"How but in custom and in ceremony are innocence and beauty born?"
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