You've got to take the bitter with the sour.

“It’s not so important to know the difference between bitter and sour, skunky and yeasty, tarry and burnt. “Who cares. They’re both terrible. Ew.…

— Mary Roach

Well, you've got to take the bitter with the better.

— Jane Ace

“She said love was useless, because it led you into dumb exchanges in which you gave too much away, and then you got bitter…

— Margaret Atwood

“The last great escape. I was done gambling, done betting on a ship that would never come in. I would cash in my chips…

— Brian James

You've got to take the sour with the bitter.

— Samuel Goldwyn

“It takes sour to make the good all that much sweeter.”

— Christopher E. Long

The interesting thing about the miracle berry in chemo patients is that it actually straightens out their taste buds, whereas for you and I,…

— Homaro Cantu

What is sour in the house a bracing walk in the woods makes sweet.

— Henry David Thoreau

“I have become a sour woman. I take no joy in meat nor mead, and song and laughter have become suspicious strangers to me.…

— George R.R. Martin

“The first strawberry is the sourest.”

— Owllover

I ask you what is the taste of your mouth all you can do is to say: it is neither sweet nor bitter, nor…

— Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Temporary anger is okay, but permanent anger will make you bitter and ruin your chance at happiness.

— Sonya Parker

I laugh at bitter people. The facial muscles on bitter people must be stiff all the time...

— Anonymous

“Without the bitter, the sweet ain’t as sweet.”

— Anonymous

You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the…

— Maya Angelou