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«Before speaking, consider the interpretation of your words as well as their intent.»
Author: Andrew Alden | Keywords: intent, interpretation
«A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.»
«Be intent upon the perfection of the present day»
Author: William Law | About: Perfection | Keywords: intent, present day
«And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: intent
«And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: intent
«CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.»
«A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.»
«A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.»
Author: William Blake (Engraver, Mystic, Painter, Poet) | About: Lies, Truth | Keywords: beats, intent, intents, invent
«A woman can be proud and stiffWhen on love intent;But Love has pitched his mansion inThe place of excrement;For nothing can be sole or wholeThat has not been rent.»
«But man is thy most awful instrumentIn working out a pure intent.»
Author: William Wordsworth (Poet) | Keywords: intent