Offence Quotes

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

Giving, Through, Lives

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
George Eliot

Social, Production, Conviction

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may.
William Hazlitt

Truth, May, Give

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?
Alexander Pope

Love, Sense, Keep

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
Thomas Aquinas

God, Moral, Against

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics.
William Hague

Politics, Same, Again

Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.
Steven Patrick Morrissey

Death, Long, Hair

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.
John Woolman

God, Men, Truth

When I was in my 20s it did occur to me that there was something perverted about an attitude that thought that killing somebody was a minor offence compared to kissing somebody.
John McGahern

Attitude, Thought, Somebody

I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
James Thomson

Good, Give, Anyone

'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
James Thomson

Forgive, Ask, Generous

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine

Poor, Desire, Almost

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

Great, Die, While

I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to give great offence to some, but to my Satisfaction.
William Whipple

Great, Fear, Give

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