#offence

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

— George Eliot

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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

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It is impossible to be truly artistic without the risk of offending someone somewhere. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#artistic #artistic-endeavor #artistic-expression #artistic-freedom #artistic-substance

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

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Long hair is an unpardonable offence which should be punishable by death. ↗

— Steven Patrick Morrissey

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

— William Hazlitt

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