Great saying by great authors Quote by William Shakespeare

A small unkindness is a great offence.

— Hannah More

A very small offence may be a just cause for great resentment: it is often much less the particular instance which is obnoxious to…

— Sir Fulke Greville

Offence is important; that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull.

— Marcus Brigstocke

“That punishment, the public punishment of disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence is, we know, not one of…

— Jane Austen

“You know when someone says, 'no offense,' I pointed out to him, 'the thing they say directly after that is always offensive”

— ripley patton

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

— John Wesley

He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage…

— Michael Kinsley

Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense…

— Abraham Lincoln

Stop saying no offense,” I said, “when you say offensive things. It’s not a free pass.

— Daniel Handler

All offences come from the heart.

— William Shakespeare

The robust English view used to be that the correct response to offensive words is to ignore them, or to answer them with a…

— Roger Scruton

“A man may count himself happy in having licence to slander; but he will be far happier if deprived entirely of that liberty. Then…

— Augustine of Hippo