Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine Copy Share Image
No offence to Nicki Minaj, but her career has essentially been a Lil’ Kim tribute — Azealia Banks Copy Share Image
Satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Methink'st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We do not tell old friends beneath our roof-tree that they are an offence to the eyesight. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God's mercies: your wounds do not surpass the great Physician's skill. — Cyril of Jerusalem Copy Share Image
“The worst ever offence you can commit against your time is to think that “time spent making plans is time being wasted!”… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I'm interested in offence and why people take offence in certain ways about certain things. — Nish Kumar Copy Share Image
Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences, — Muqtada al Sadr Copy Share Image
The fastidious taste will find offence in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call slang, which not a few of our… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
If I take offence easily; if I am content to continue in cold unfriendliness, though friendship be possible, then I know nothing… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
True delicacy, as true generosity, is more wounded by an offence from itself--if I may be allowed the expression--than to itself. — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That which offends you only weakens you. Being offended creates the same destructive energy that offended you in the first place- so… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
The national laws of the five regions of India prescribe no cangue, beatings or prison. Those who are guilty are fined in… — Hyecho Copy Share Image
Citizens who take it upon themselves to do unusual actions which attract the attention of the police should be careful to bring… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image
“Never ever make a joke to the police, they have no sense of humour. Never make a political joke, it will always… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They become focused and energized by taking offence;… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the… — William Hague Copy Share Image
I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“To address this, we must wage a war on the militants. First, we must make it an offence, punishable by many years… — Jeremy Clarkson Copy Share Image
The character of the tribunes was, in every respect, different from that of the consuls. The appearance of the former was modest… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
English law in 1572 decreed that beggars above 14 years of age are to be severely flogged and branded on the left… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The more gifted by nature is a man, the more is deplorable the abuse that he does by using them to shameful… — African Spir Copy Share Image
There is nothing so charming as the knowledge of literature; of that branch of literature, I mean, which enables us to discover… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is,… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural… — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
It's now very common to hear people say 'I'm rather offended by that'... — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
When you commit a serious doping offence you are not eligible for lottery funding. — John Scott Copy Share Image
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Let the punishment be equal with the offence. [Lat., Noxiae poena par esto.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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