The merit of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,' then - or its offence, depending where you stood - was… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all. — Moliere Copy Share Image
I thank God I am not a woman, to be touched in so many giddy offences as He hath generally taxed their… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“The weapons of divine justice are blunted by the confession and sorrow of the offender.” — Dante Copy Share Image
“No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting… — Laozi Copy Share Image
“A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
There is no gospel without the offence. This is God's wisdom. It never seems sensible to us in our flesh. — Mark Dever 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
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
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
I ask why your Omnipotent God does not hold a man back when he is about to commit a sin or offence.… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
This is the slowest, yet the daintiest sense; For ev'n the ears of such as have no skill, Perceive a discord, and… — Sir John Davies Copy Share Image
Pardon, we beseech Thee, all our offences of omission and commission; and grant that in all our thoughts, words, and actions, we… — Timothy Pickering Copy Share Image
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“To my thinking, offence has no possible place in genuine friendship. The one pained always forestalls offence by the realization of non-intention… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself.… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
I think it is well . . . for the man in the street to realise there is no power on earth… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
Remembrance of Jesus' passion will heal your soul of resentment, by making it ashamed of itself when it remembers the patience of… — John Climacus 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
If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
By the laws of rectitude accused Persons, however atrocious their offences, are allowed to make their defence, and by a verdict of… — Judith Sargent Murray Copy Share Image
She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Immortal amarant, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Man and wife are equally concerned, to avoid all offence of each other, in the beginning of their conversation. Every little thing… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Sir, with no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offences at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress — Kate Burridge Copy Share Image
“I mean that repeated offences, even when they secure forgiveness, drive out love. And from that I came to say that one… — Maria McCann Copy Share Image
The Fraud Act 2006 makes it perfectly clear that Libor rigging is prosecutable as a criminal offence. — Emily Thornberry Copy Share Image
Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence. — Alexander Hume Copy Share Image
The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code. — George Brandis Copy Share Image
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. — Ovid Copy Share Image
Underhand euphemism are used, not so much to conceal offence and to deliberately disguise a topic and deceive — Kate Burridge Copy Share Image
“It is not an offence to attempt to commit suicide. The law is only broken if you succeed and then you can… — Glenn Wood Copy Share Image
Those who offend us are generally punished for the offence they give; but we so frequently miss the satisfaction of knowing that… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“Leaders create influence with the clays of criticism others throw at them. They don't take offence; they take corrections.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
What do you care? You always liked loneliness better than you liked people. No offence liking yourself's the beginning of all love. — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
