The public scandal is what constitutes the offence: sins sinned in secret are no sins at all. — Moliere 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
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience, That neither by hir wordes ne hir face… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Love is patient and kind.It's never jealous.Love is never boastful or conceited.It is never rude or selfish.It does not take offence and… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
People seem to take as much offence as they possibly can these days - it's almost a new type of greed, a… — Michael Leunig 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
This is practically the language used to fallen women, and chiefly by their own sex: "God may forgive you, but we never… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
“You may not be able to do anything about how you feel; but you can do something about how you act. People… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; —… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Never does sin so reign in the Church or State, as when it has gained reputation,or, at least, is no disgrace to… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block. — Rasheed Wallace Copy Share Image
Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“Know the other person’s viewpoint first and then talk. To Talk after comparing it or mixing it with our viewpoint is an… — Dada Bhagwan 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
If you throw one stone, it’s a punishable offence. If 1,000 stones are thrown, it’s political action. If you set a car… — Ulrike Meinhof 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
Ah Franion, treason is loved of many, but the Traitor hated of all: unjust offences may for a time escape without danger,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I have always had a good functioning in my artistic life, but I had problems mostly in my private life, I got… — Sinead O'Connor 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
The duty imposed upon him [the president] to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, follows out the strong injunctions of… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
No offence to Nicki Minaj, but her career has essentially been a Lil’ Kim tribute — Azealia Banks 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
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. — James Thomson Copy Share Image
The wishes of the people, seldom founded in deep disquisitions, or resulting from other reasonings than their present feelings, may not entirely… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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