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As cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
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.]
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.]
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.
The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
As clear and as manifest as the nose in a man's face.
