REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian. - Ambrose Bierce
In the end, you will forget to love, and you will not have the ability to offend. When you have the ability to love, love and forget to offend. - Debasish Mridha
We all ought to be like little children in the way we treat each other as human beings; quick to forgive, slow to offend, children are friends to each other irrespective of their gender, religion, and color. - Paul Bamikole
Those speak foolishly who ascribe their anger or their impatience to such as offend them or to tribulation. Tribulation does not make people impatient, but proves that they are impatient. So everyone may learn from tribulation how his heart is constituted. - Martin Luther
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. - Benjamin Franklin
Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend. - Jules Renard
There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth, you lose their respect. - Niccolo Machiavelli
Either offend or represent, don’t be a spectator. - Pradeepa Pandiyan
Individuals who are focused on becoming better are individuals not easily offended. You can only offend those who are not on a path of constant growth and enlightenment. - C. JoyBell C.
I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone. - Marvin Harris
Let me assure you that my intent is not to offend or merely be provocative. I'm simply worried. - Sam Harris
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance. - Sam Brown
You may not be able to do anything about how you feel; but you can do something about how you act. People will definitely offend you willing or unwilling by their words and actions...but you can choose to let that offence sink you down or not.... - Israelmore Ayivor
Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don’t intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend. - Germany Kent
Life is full of hurts, and it always will be. As long as you live, people are going to offend you, hurt you, and disappoint you.But you needn't let their actions control your response and out-look on life. You can learn to rise above life's disappointments. - Prince Akwarandu
I'm fully aware that some of the stuff I write is going to offend people or p*ss them off. They should be fully aware that I don't really care. - Briana Blair
If a person offend you and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures. Simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. - Mark Twain
GOD Forgave you and GOD forgave me so you and I need to always forgive those who offend us and curse us and speak and write lies about us. - Errol Anthony Smythe.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest. - Thomas Paine
All the best writers take risks, offend people often and say fuck you to the critics. - Carla H. Krueger
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them. - Samuel Butler