The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet – when they do meet, their victims lie strewn all round. Elizabeth Bowen
The greater our innocence, the greater our strength and the swifter our victory. Mahatma Gandhi
All things truly wicked start from an innocence. Ernest Hemingway
Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. Jean Jacques Rousseau
Innocence dwells with wisdom, but never with ignorance. William Blake
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence. Albert Camus
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. Kin Hubbard
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. Sir William Blackstone
It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one. Voltaire
Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. Robert South.
It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t. Mignon McLaughlin