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> [Being offended is a choice. I believe that. You don't have - you don't hear a word and you have to be offended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/being-offended-is-a-choice-i-believe-that-you-don-t-have-you-don-t/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

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## More by John Bartlett

> [To resist him that is set in authority is evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/to-resist-him-that-is-set-in-authority-is-evil/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

> [Being offended is a choice. I believe that. You don't have - you don't hear a word and you have to be offended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/being-offended-is-a-choice-i-believe-that-you-don-t-have-you-don-t/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

> [Oh, nice one, honey. Yes. Clever. That's becoming quite a familiar quotation in its own right, isn't it? Maybe I should just add it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/oh-nice-one-honey-yes-clever-that-s-becoming-quite-a-familiar/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

> [Reservation should be under 'Bartlett.' Right, that's two T's. Yes. 'Bart-let-et.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/reservation-should-be-under-bartlett-right-that-s-two-t-s-yes-bart/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

> [You have the right to be offended or not to be offended.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/you-have-the-right-to-be-offended-or-not-to-be-offended/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

> [An antique is anything old with class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/an-antique-is-anything-old-with-class/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

> [“I have gathered a posy of other men's flowers and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bartlett/i-have-gathered-a-posy-of-other-men-s-flowers-and-nothing-but-the/)

[John Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bartlett/)

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