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    When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"

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"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."

by Ursula K. Le Guin Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

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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.

by Anatole France Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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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.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.

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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!

by Philip Massinger Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Thompson Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

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As innocent as a new-laid egg.

As innocent as a new-laid egg.

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