Bent Quotes
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
Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1854). “The Spectator: with a biographical and critical preface, and explanatory notes”, p.372
Herbert Marcuse (2013). “One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society”, p.61, Routledge
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
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
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