Innocent

Famous quotes containing the word innocent:

“Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“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)

“The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet—when they do meet, their victims lie strewn around.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)