Famous quotes containing the word innocent:
“See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 10:16.
Jesus to his disciples.
“Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“I cannot speke and loke lyke a saynct,
Use wiles for witt and make deceyt a pleasure,
And call crafft counsell, for proffet styll to paint.
I cannot wrest the law to fill the coffer
With innocent blode to fede my sellff fat,
And doo most hurt where most hellp I offer.”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?1542)
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