It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.
Podtyagin considers whether to take offence or not -- and decides to take offence.
We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by drink. And that should be taken into account.
Systems of retributive justice work well as long as they are proportional. However, in complex societies, where the State is the arbiter of justice, proportionality may break down: offences created by the elite few become offences against the entire ...
Offence is like muddy soil; when trapped underfoot, it resists rapid progress. Don't trap offences under your mind, else you resist change! Jesus said "Shake the soil off your sandals"! What are you waiting for? Shake it off!
Offences wreck connections, relational unions, homes and in many cases, offences force people to leave what belong to them. Then again, I recall distinctively that, when the Philistines took the ark of the Lord that belongs to the Israelis, they did ...
It is gracious to overlook and offence.
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
It is gracious to overlook an offence.
Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death.
Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican.
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.
I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop.
'Tis easier for the generous to forgive, than for offence to ask it.
There are doubtless those who would wish to lock up all those who suspected of terrorist and other serious offences and, in the time-honored phrase, throw away the key. But a suspect is by definition a person whom no offence has been proved. Suspicio...
The irony of the present day is, that, the more human rights jurisprudence seems to be fortified, the more there are human rights violations in newer and newer forms and some recidivism all due to the conflicting deductions of protecting even human r...
Apologize: To lay the foundation for a future offence.
What is called ‘offence to a community’ is more often than not actually a struggle within communities.
The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
Offence is important; that's how you know you care about things. Imagine a life where you're not offended. So dull.
Make your enemy afraid, for it is impossible to remain quiet about their moral offences.
