Offence Quotes

114 quotes by 95 authors

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. — Thomas Carlyle
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. — Thomas Aquinas
Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
When Bobby came into the league he was a rushing defenseman, a goal scorer and a point getter. He just opened the game up to… — Johnny Bucyk
For if it is not lawful to take the law into our own hands and slay even a guilty person, whose death no public sentence… — Saint Augustine
There are offences given and offences not given but taken. — Izaak Walton
Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy. — A J P Taylor
I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence. — Clive Barker
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence. — Walter Savage Landor
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give… — Robert Frost
It surely can be no offence to state, that the progress of science has led to new views, and that the consequences that can be… — Henry De la Beche
Now, if anything at all can be known to be wrong, it seems to me to be unshakably certain that it would be wrong to… — Antony Flew
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
I have seen players sent off for far worse offences than that. — Alan Brazil
There is a very broad theory that society gets the right to hang, as the individual gets the right to defend himself. Suppose she does;… — Wendell Phillips
The national laws of the five regions of India prescribe no cangue, beatings or prison. Those who are guilty are fined in accordance with the… — Hyecho
The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle. It is always his weapon of personal… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence? — Alexander Pope
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… — Petrarch

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