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“Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.”

Pardon Total War Offence Leniency

Author:Publilius Syrus

“Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others' bare.”

Light Behinds Virtue Air Blame Brands Flames Satire Offence

Book:The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings. Eight Engravings on Steel

Source: The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings. Eight Engravings on Steel

“Love the offender, yet detest the offense.”

Sin Offense Offence Detest Offenders

Book:The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

Source: The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author

“The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.”

Sin Powerful Moral Philosopher Contrary Theologian Offence Reasonableness

Book:Philosophical Texts

Source: Philosophical Texts

“One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to keep arms, and by substituting a regular army in the stead of a resort to the militia. The friends of a free government cannot be too watchful, to overcome the dangerous tendency of the public mind to sacrifice, for the sake of mere private convenience, this powerful check upon the designs of ambitious men.”

Source: A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States