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He's armed without that's innocent within.
He's armed without that's innocent within.
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
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.]
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.
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
As innocent as a new-laid egg.
"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."
