A gaudy dress and gentle air
May slightly touch the heart;
But it's innocence and modesty
that polished the dart.
--
Handsome Nell (1773) (also known as "My Handsome Nell"), st. 6.Robert Burns
Thy skirts indeed the foe may part,
Thy robe be pierced with sword and dart,
They shall not touch thy noble heart,
Carolina!Henry Timrod
We are apt to form romantic and exaggerated notions about the moral innocence of our ancestors. Ages of ignorance and simplicity are thought to be ages of purity. The direct contrary, I believe, is the case...In the middle ages, not only the most flagrant violations of modesty were frequently practised and permitted, but the most infamous vices. Men are less ashamed as they are less polished.
Thomas Warton
Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil... Blushes are the sign of guilt; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Fierce for the right, he bore his part
In strife with many a valiant foe;
But Laughter winged his polished dart,
And kindness tempered every blow.William (author) Winter
Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.
Robert South
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