I Quotes
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“Innocence is its own defense.”
Source: The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin: a treasury of more than 900 quotations and anecdotes
“Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”
“Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.”
Source: SERMONS SEVERAL OCCASIONS
“Innocence is lucky if it finds the same protection as guilt”
“Innocence is no earthly weapon.”
Source: New and Collected Poems, 1952-1992
“Innocence is no Protection against the Arbitrary Cruelty of a Tyrannical Power : But Reason and Conscience are yet so Sacred, that the Greatest Villanies are still Contenanc'd under that Cloak and Color.”
Source: Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, with Morals and Reflections and Fables and Stories Moralized: Being a Second Part of the Fables of Aesop
“Innocence is not accustomed to blush.”
“Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
[Fr., L'innocence a rougir n'est point accoutumee.]”
“Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed”
Source: Collected Poems: 1930–1973
“Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.”
“Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers, they're innocent. Divert your attention to all these things.”
“Innocence is suffering
and the loss of that innocence
is something to fear.”
Source: Emerald Ice: Selected Poems, 1962-1987
“Innocence is the beginning of ignorance. Experience is the end of stupidity.”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes
“innocence is the hardest thing to prove.”
“Innocence is the most intelligent admission of stupidity.”
“Innocence is the source of love.”
“Innocence is the way you really give fun to others, create the fun part of it. The fun is created only through innocence and innocence is the only way you can really emit also the fun. Imagine this world without any fun, what would happen? But people are very much confused between fun and the pleasure. The pleasure is nice to begin with and horrible to end with. But fun is a treasure. Anything that is full of fun you remember all your life.”
“Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.”
“Innocence lost is not easily regained. The designer simply cannot predict the problems people will have, the misinterpretations that will arise, and the errors that will get made.”
“Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.”
“Innocence never gets destroyed because it is eternal, but it may happen that it will get covered with some clouds by our mistakes that we commit. But once you get your Realization, your innocence is re-established, manifests, and you become innocent. Your attention becomes innocent.”
“Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.”
Source: A poet's prose: selected writings of Louise Bogan : with the uncollected poems
“Innocence paired with natural beauty creates artistic values for eternity.”
Source: World Moving Love Quotations: 121 World Moving Love Quotations
“Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.”
Source: Witness
“Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime.”
“Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.”
“Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.”
“Innocent Americans are murdered, and what happens? An entire political party and an amendment to the US Constitution gets blamed.”
“Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.”
“Innocent and joyful
I take your hand
for I know you judge not,
you simply understand.
You are my companion
on this voyage of discovery,
singing sweet soft music
to the universe inside of me.”
“Innocent and virtuous, she represented the exact type of female he avoided... God, she was a taking thing, even for an avaricious reformer.”
Source: The Abduction of Julia
“Innocent droplets of rain make almost all events quite natural.”
“innocent enthusiasm and love can sometimes cause great dangers
onschuldige enthousiasme en liefde kan soms een grote gevaren veroorzaker zijn”
“Innocent eyes rise again like the stars
Shining on me, just as ten years ago.
Maybe if I hold out my hands
a golden apple will fall.
A waterfall of blood
brightens my soul as though it's in flames.”
“Innocent girl!
There in the distance she walked,
She skipped, she frolicked and with a stranger she talked,
Just for a while, maybe a moment or two,
Still wondering what next to do,
Maybe keep talking or just keep walking,
Then the stranger left, but it was her innocence that he was stalking,
I followed the stranger, and he followed the young girl,
She was dressed decently with her each ear adorned with a pearl,
Then as she reached the edge of the park,
Where it is usually cold and dark,
The stranger stood before her,
And then he followed her, wherever she went it seemed he was with her,
The girl seemed worried and uncomfortable,
And desperately looked for means to feel a bit secure and comfortable,
The stranger was resolved to keep bothering her,
As I wondered what pleasure from this hideous act he might incur,
He was about to assault her dignity,
Without any remorse, any forethought and with no sign of pity,
The girl closed her eyes,
And I wonder in that moment what she felt about herself and about the inaction of the skies,
It was then I decided to come forward,
And I asked her if there was anything making her feel awkward,
"Yes, yes," she said hurriedly,
"It is him, he has been stalking me shamelessly,"
Then I turned toward this person,
And I asked him if to justify his behaviour he had any valid reason,
He shrugged his shoulders and walked away,
The innocence of the young girl was saved today,
But tomorrow when none of us is there,
What shall she do and who will offer her strength in her moments of fear,
Maybe it is time to change something forever,
If we cannot do it now, then we may never,
Today the stranger left,
But who shall compensate the young girl for the theft,
That robbed her of her freedom and innocence,
Well I guess nobody can, because whenever she will be on a street, she will always feel the stranger’s presence!”
Source: They Loved in 2075!
“Innocent like the first dreams
A few words dropped on the paper;
Contaminated they were by the surrounding air,
Fame swarmed, naivety disappeared!”
“Innocent or calloused hearts and guilty ones
All but the same in the eyes of the biased judge.”
Source: Dark Touch: Anthology of Poetry
“Innocent people are not fools; they just think that everyone has a heart......”
“Innocent people can get into terrible jams, too. One false move and you're in over your head.”
“Innocent people? Don't make me laugh.. Everyone is guilty of something.”
“Innocent people never deserve to die no matter what.”
“Innocent pleasures in moderation can provide relaxation for the body and mind and can foster family and other relationships. But pleasure, per se, offers no deep, lasting satisfaction or sense of fulfillment. The pleasure-centered person, too soon bored with each succeeding level of "fun," constantly cries for more and more. So the next new pleasure has to be bigger and better, more exciting, with a bigger "high." A person in this state becomes almost entirely narcissistic, interpreting all of life in terms of the pleasure it provides to the self here and now.”
“Innocent teary eyes
Grief stricken face
You look everywhere with fear
And with feelings of helpless pain!
When you should be playing with
Dolls and dancing in the rain!
Neither do you like to wear new dresses,
Nor sing, laugh, and play with the toy train!
Oh my dearest sweet child!
Please forgive us all we men,
For we have made this world
Fit for only guns, bombs and
Acid rain!”
“Innocent? Tell me human, who among you is innocent? Who among you has not destroyed without need or hurt without pity? Should a lion ponder his role in thinning the herds? Does he question whether or not he is doing the right thing as he tears into a zebra’s flesh?” he snarled. His next words were slow and measured, and more to himself than to Natalya. “No….he knows only that he has teeth and claws….and an insatiable lust for blood.”
Source: Beyond the Veil
“Innocent tourists? You make me sound like the big bad wolf.”
“And you’re not?” I questioned.
“Only if you’re Red Riding Hood,” he said flirtatiously.
“Wow, that’s original.”
Source: Flight
“Innocent until proven guilty”
Source: Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets #2
“Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth.”
Source: Induction and intuition in scientific thought
“Innocently involved? No, he couldn’t call it innocent. Rather, it was mindless. It was neither; it was a paper chain of circumstance, cut from sympathy and too much imagination.”
Source: The Expendable Man
“Innocents, the meat in a ghastly sandwich between an uncaring society and a vengeful state.”
Source: The Power of One
“Innovación sin ética arruina la civilización, la abundancia sin consciencia es enfermedad.”
Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat