offense

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is part of honesty. He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

He who dares not offend cannot be honest. Thomas Paine

is often not intentional. If in doubt as to whether an offense was intentional or not, you should not resort to extreme measures... but rather, simply watch your chance, and hit him with a brick.

If a person offends 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

is sometimes a very pleasant thing to take, to know that one has made a mountain of a molehill and nevertheless to revel in one's resentment till one feels great pleasure in it.

The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else. You know it is sometimes very pleasant to take offense, isn't it' A man may know that nobody has insulted him, but that he has invented the insult for himself, has lied and exaggerated to make it picturesque, has caught at a word and made a mountain out of a molehill-- he knows that himself, yet he will be the first to take offense, and will revel in his resentment till he feels great pleasure in it. Fyodor Dostoevsky

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