Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 207
Source: Epigrams, p. 358
“Ignorance is not innocence but sin.”
“Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.”
L'innocence, le plus souvent, est un bonheur et non pas une vertu.
Les Dieux Ont Soif http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Dieux_ont_soif_-_Chapitre_XV [The Gods Are Thirsty] (1912), ch. XV
“Shall we ever understand that ignorance is not innocence?”
The Supplemental Nights (1888), quoted in The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Vol. II (1906), by Thomas Wright, p. 124
Context: The England of our day would fain bring up both sexes and keep all ages in profound ignorance of sexual and intersexual relations; and the consequences of that imbecility are particularly cruel and afflicting. … Shall we ever understand that ignorance is not innocence?
“It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase
Are fruits of innocence and blessedness.”
Mutation. A Sonnet
“Simply put, there will never be another Virtue and Moir.”
Pj Kwong, CBC Sports, in "There will never be another Virtue and Moir" http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/figureskating/there-will-never-be-another-virtue-and-moir-1.4542769 (21 February 2018)
“Simply put, there will never be another Virtue and Moir.”
Pj Kwong, CBC Sports, in "There will never be another Virtue and Moir" http://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/figureskating/there-will-never-be-another-virtue-and-moir-1.4542769 (21 February 2018)
“His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.”
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 61.
