One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.InnovationQuotations by Walter Bagehot
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Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion. Oscar Wilde
Nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion.InnocenceQuotations by Oscar Wilde
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever. John Updike
The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.InnocenceQuotations by John Updike
If you would live innocently, seek solitude. Publilius Syrus
If you would live innocently, seek solitude.InnocenceQuotations by Publilius Syrus
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. Bishop Robert South
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.InnocenceQuotations by Bishop Robert South
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down. Jean Racine
Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.InnocenceQuotations by Jean Racine
To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery. Ouida
To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.InnocenceQuotations by Ouida
It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t. Mignon McLaughlin
It’s innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn’t.InnocenceQuotations by Mignon McLaughlin
She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else. Else Lanchester
She looked as though butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth –or anywhere else.InnocenceQuotations by Else Lanchester
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.InnocenceQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
All things truly wicked start from an innocence. Ernest Hemingway
All things truly wicked start from an innocence.InnocenceQuotations by Ernest Hemingway
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you. Haug
Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you.InnocenceQuotations by Haug
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be. Anatole France
It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.InnocenceQuotations by Anatole France
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. Anatole France
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.InnocenceQuotations by Anatole France
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty. Sir Edward Coke
One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.InnocenceQuotations by Sir Edward Coke
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.InnocenceQuotations by Gilbert K. Chesterton
The innocent is the person who explains nothing. Albert Camus
The innocent is the person who explains nothing.InnocenceQuotations by Albert Camus
Every harlot was a virgin once. William Blake
Every harlot was a virgin once.InnocenceQuotations by William Blake
There is no aphrodisiac like innocence. Jean Baudrillard
There is no aphrodisiac like innocence.InnocenceQuotations by Jean Baudrillard
One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap. Ida B. Wells
One had better die fighting against injustice than die like a dog or a rat in a trap.InjusticeQuotations by Ida B. Wells
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.InjusticeQuotations by Thomas Jefferson
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers. Horace
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.InjusticeQuotations by Horace
Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? Lillian Hellman
Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?InjusticeQuotations by Lillian Hellman
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. Democritus
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.InjusticeQuotations by Democritus
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors. E. M. Cioran
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.InjusticeQuotations by E. M. Cioran
When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor. Jane Welsh Carlyle
When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favor.InjusticeQuotations by Jane Welsh Carlyle
Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so. Samuel Butler
Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.Quotations by Samuel Butler
The marks you receive in the school of experience are mostly bruises. Source Unknown
The marks you receive in the school of experience are mostly bruises.InjuryQuotations by Source Unknown
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! — what worthy man does not keep those in mind? William M. Thackeray
Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! — what worthy man does not keep those in mind?InjuryQuotations by William M. Thackeray
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy. Edgar Watson Howe
Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.InjuryQuotations by Edgar Watson Howe
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. William Hazlitt
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.InjuryQuotations by William Hazlitt
Where there is injury let me sow pardon. St. Francis of Assisi
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.InjuryQuotations by St. Francis of Assisi
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. Marcus Aurelius
Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.InjuryQuotations by Marcus Aurelius
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both. Joseph Addison
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.InjuryQuotations by Joseph Addison
What you enjoy is yours; what you save for your heirs, is already not yours, but theirs. Source Unknown
What you enjoy is yours; what you save for your heirs, is already not yours, but theirs.InheritanceQuotations by Source Unknown
To inherit property is not to be born — it is to be still-born, rather. Henry David Thoreau
To inherit property is not to be born — it is to be still-born, rather.InheritanceQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
I would rather make my name than inherit it. William M. Thackeray
I would rather make my name than inherit it.InheritanceQuotations by William M. Thackeray
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir. Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.InheritanceQuotations by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
No legacy is so rich as honestly. William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honestly.InheritanceQuotations by William Shakespeare
A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well-educated family. Thomas Scott
A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well-educated family.InheritanceQuotations by Thomas Scott