Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Innocence as we understand it in our culture is very theatrical. The flip side is, if you're charming enough, you can get away with anything.
Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
Innocence can be more powerful than experience.
Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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 is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
I have always said that innocence is much more powerful than experience.
I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there.
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