“How innocent, how beautiful thy sleep!
Sweet one, 'tis peace and joy to gaze on thee!”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Sleeping Child
The Fate of Adelaide (1821)
“Speak gently to the erring:
For is it not enough
That innocence and peace have gone,
Without thy censure rough?”
"The Erring" (1844).
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Athenäum (1798 - 1800)
Source: “Selected Aphorisms from the Athenaeum (1798)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) #31
Source: Night-Thoughts (1742–1745), Night I, Line 212.
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Jean-Christophe (1904 - 1912), Journey's End: The Burning Bush (1911)
Context: "Thou art not alone, and thou dost not belong to thyself. Thou art one of My voices, thou art one of My arms. Speak and strike for Me. But if the arm be broken, or the voice be weary, then still I hold My ground: I fight with other voices, other arms than thine. Though thou art conquered, yet art thou of the army which is never vanquished. Remember that and thou wilt fight even unto death."
"Lord, I have suffered much!"
"Thinkest thou that I do not suffer also? For ages death has hunted Me and nothingness has lain in wait for Me. It is only by victory in the fight that I can make My way. The river of life is red with My blood."
"Fighting, always fighting?"
"We must always fight. God is a fighter, even He Himself. God is a conqueror. He is a devouring lion. Nothingness hems Him in and He hurls it down. And the rhythm of the fight is the supreme harmony. Such harmony is not for thy mortal ears. It is enough for thee to know that it exists. Do thy duty in peace and leave the rest to the Gods."
Elijah Fenton (1683–1730) British poet
Act V, Scene I, p. 56
Mariamne: A Tragedy (1723)
“We were innocent once. How could it have gone so bad?”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: Pale Demon
“Can anyone be proved innocent, if it be enough to have accused him?”
Julian (emperor) (331–363) Roman Emperor, philosopher and writer
Julian, at the trial of Numerius, governor of Gallia Narbonensis, who was accused of embezzlement. Numerius had successfully defended himself against the prosecutor Delphidius, who in his exasperation, declared whether anyone could be found guilty if they only denied the charges, which provoked Julian's response. As quoted in Book XVIII of Ammianus's History.
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“It is not enough that we have a guilty defendant. We must have an innocent system as well.”
John Ashcroft (1942) American politician
Source: Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006), p. 107
“Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence.”
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829) German poet, critic and scholar
“Selected Aphorisms from the Athenaeum (1798)”, Dialogue on Poetry and Literary Aphorisms, Ernst Behler and Roman Struc, trans. (Pennsylvania University Press:1968) #31
Athenäum (1798 - 1800)
Context: Prudishness is pretense of innocence without innocence. Women have to remain prudish as long as men are sentimental, dense, and evil enough to demand of them eternal innocence and lack of education. For innocence is the only thing which can ennoble lack of education.
“O happy earth,
Whereon thy innocent feet doe ever tread!”
Edmund Spenser The Faerie Queene
Canto 10, stanza 9
The Faerie Queene (1589–1596), Book I