Meant

Famous quotes containing the word meant:

“I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.”
—William Morris (1834–1896)

“As they wend away
A voice is heard singing
Of Kitty, or Katy,
As if the name meant once
All love, all beauty.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Oh, what does science not conceal today! How much, at any rate, is it meant to conceal!”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)