Children Quote by Herman Melville

“When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they don’t really know what they mean.”

— William Faulkner

“Innocence still lives within our hearts and the child within each of us knows right from wrong.”

— Bryant McGill

“The innocence of children is what makes them stand out as a shining example to the rest of Mankind.”

— Kurt Chambers

“Innocence might be its own reward, but when it boardered on naivete, if not stupidity, it was unforgivable.”

— Elizabeth Aston

“Innocence is really just presence at its simplest.”

— Boyd Varty

“In her, ignorance and stupidity formed a perfect shield against the world: this, I suppose, is innocence. It”

— George MacDonald Fraser

“Innocence is a double edged sword - Nothing else can make the world more wonderous or deadly.”

— Rich Jones

“Even innocence itself has many a wile, And will not dare to trust itself with truth, And love is taught hypocrisy from youth.”

— Lord Byron

“He'd learned pretty early that the illusioned virtuous creatures were no more than that— illusions. Innocence was a community that was used up and…

— Camille Oster

“There is nothing so pure and full of wonder as the mind of a child.”

— Cheryl K. McGonigle

Innocence dwells with Wisdom, but never with ignorance...

— William Blake

“The components of innocence - security, a sense of wonder, and optimism- are not just throwaway by-products of the ignorance of youth.”

— Diane Medved