Innocent

Famous quotes containing the word innocent:

“The innocent mansion of a panther’s heart!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

“These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs 6:16-19.

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.”
—William Blackstone (1723–1780)