Innocent

Famous quotes containing the word innocent:

    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)

    When a felon’s not engaged in his employment
    Or maturing his felonious little plans,
    His capacity for innocent enjoyment
    Is just as great as any honest man’s.
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
    Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)