Meant

Famous quotes containing the word meant:

    “To choose a hardship for ourselves is our only defence against that hardship. This is what is meant by accepting suffering.... Those who, by their very nature, can suffer completely, utterly, have an advantage. That is how we can disarm the power of suffering, make it our own creation, our own choice; submit to it. A justification for suicide.”
    —Cesare Pavese (1908–1950)

    “A great deal of unnecessary worry is indulged in by theatregoers trying to understand what Bernard Shaw means. They are not satisfied to listen to a pleasantly written scene in which three or four clever people say clever things, but they need to purse their lips and scowl a little and debate as to whether Shaw meant the lines to be an attack on monogamy as an institution or a plea for manual training in the public school system.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

    “Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts, but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 27:6.

    KJ translation reads: Faithful are the wounds of a friend.