Innocence is no excuse in the eyes of the Law.

“Looks sure can be deceiving: not every ‘ugly’ person is a ‘bad’ person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they are accused…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“In every guilty man, there is an element of innocence. This is what makes any absolute condemnation revolting. We do not think enough about…

— Robert Zaretsky

White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion…

— Honore de Balzac

There could never be innocence in a world without justice.

— Tim Bowler

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called…

— William Golding

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

— Amos Bronson Alcott

The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but…

— Anonymous

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect…

— James T. Walsh

“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

I don't think that on a daily basis, people need to be so concerned with others think. When someone comes forward and is an…

— Brad Goreski

“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…

— Erik Pevernagie

It had never occurred to Giles that there was something perfectly sensible about wanting to hold onto innocence. He had always gone in for…

— Anonymous

You've had a whole lot of experience, but everything is also radically new at each moment, and you have to bring a kind of…

— Jean Houston

It's still possible to savor the remarkable foods that millennia of human ingenuity have teased from milk. A sip of milk itself or a…

— Harold McGee

Children, Never look Back!" and this meant that we must never allow the future to be weighed down by memory . for children have…

— Milan Kundera