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
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
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
“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
The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code. — George Brandis 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
In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Why spend your life working on defense when no defense can be made truly impenetrable? Take the offensive – learn the vulnerabilities… — A.J. Darkholme 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
Whoever would entitle himself after death through the merits of his Redeemer, to the noblest of rewards, let him serve God throughout… — Thomas Secker Copy Share Image
From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offence imaginable. But what is betrayal? Betrayal… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to… — William Whipple Copy Share Image
You surely can't be trying to blame us for Erak's habit of charging ashore waving an axe and grabbing everything that isn't… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
He that resigns his peace to little casualties, and suffers the course of his life to be interrupted for fortuitous inadvertencies or… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No offence to Hugh MacLennan, but you don't even have to know or understand any deep philosophy that's being espoused, you can… — Sarah Harmer Copy Share Image
It is only when someone cannot defend his opinion, and is not interested in believing the truth, that he will attempt to… — Jamie Whyte Copy Share Image
The problem is that it has become politically awkward to draw attention to absolutes of bad and good. In place of manners,… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier… — Petrarch 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
We be informed by our judges that we at no time stand so highly in our estate royal as in the time… — Henry VIII of England 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
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 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
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
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
We like having fun at other peoples expense and, Cutting people down is just a minor offence then, It's none of your… — Sum 41 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
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
Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would… — Antony Flew Copy Share Image
The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
God will forgive you if you forgive others. Forgiving those who cause offence or injury is often exceedingly difficult. And yet, forgiveness… — Patrick Madrid 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
They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell… — Arthur Lydiard Copy Share Image
Officers, what offence have these men done? DOGBERRY Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Cooper's art has some defects. In one place in 'Deerslayer,' and in the restricted space of two-thirds of a page, Cooper has… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
