Offend

Famous quotes containing the word offend:

“Fear God, and offend not the Prince nor his laws,
And keep thyself out of the magistrate’s claws.”
—Thomas Tusser (c. 1520–1580)

“Sincere advice may offend the ear but is beneficial to one’s conduct.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Tjaden: How do they start a war?
Albert: Well, one country offends another.
Tjaden: How could one country offend another? You mean there’s a mountain over in Germany gets mad at a field in France?”
—Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)