As innocent as a new-laid egg.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What read more

We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun,
And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed
Was innocence for innocence; we knew not
The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed
That any did.

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.

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of read more

Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

"In innocence there is no strength against evil," said
Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it read more

"In innocence there is no strength against evil," said
Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it for
good."

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

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.