Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
Innocence is a pretty dangerous thing, you know. Revisit Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot' or, for that matter, Greene's 'The Quiet American' to find out how destructive it can be.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.
Innocence is not virtue. Virtue demands the active employment of an ardent mind in the promotion of the general good. No man can be eminently virtuous who is not accustomed to an extensive range of reflection.
Innocence can be more powerful than experience.
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.