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Bent Quotes

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

Confucius, Mencius, Ming Zuoqiu, Tso-ch'iu Ming (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.140

You know I am not born to tread in the beaten track the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on.

Mary Wollstonecraft (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Mary Wollstonecraft (Illustrated)”, p.1422, Delphi Classics

A woman is supposed to have curves like an old Bentley, not like some old bike.

Interview with Jessica Berens, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2008.

I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.

Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman (2004). “Scar Tissue”, p.340, Hachette UK

Every fairly intelligent person is aware that the price of respectability is a muffled soul bent on the trivial and the mediocre.

Walter Lippmann, Julien C. Sprott (2015). “Drift and Mastery: An Attempt to Diagnose the Current Unrest”, p.137, University of Wisconsin Pres

We're not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again.

Song: Pink Just Give Me A Reason, Album: The Truth About Love

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.337, Wordsworth Editions