Offence Quotes & Sayings
These offence quotes, sayings and quotations are from our famous quotes collection. Inspirational quotes, sayings and quotations.I think a bishop who doesn't give offence to anyone is probably not a good bishop. - James Thomson
And where the offence is, let the great axe fall. - William Shakespeare
When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them. - Saint Ambrose
Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. [La., Di faciles, peccasse semel concedite tuto: Id satis est. Peonam culpa secunda ferat] - Ovid [Publius Ovidius Naso]
In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah! - Martin Luther
O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven; It hath the primal eldest curse upon't, A brother's murder. - William Shakespeare
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. - George Eliot
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this, that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made not to understand, but to feel as crime. - Edgar Allan Poe