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Innocence is plain, direct, and simple: guilt is a crooked, intricate, inconstant, and various thing.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Innocence is plain, direct, and simple: guilt is a crooked, intricate, inconstant, and various thing.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke contrasts the nature of innocence and guilt, emphasizing their inherent differences.
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