Bitter Quotes

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There are three ways of learning golf: by study, which is the most wearisome; by imitation, which is the most fallacious; and by experience, which… — Robert Browning
If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding… — George Bernard Shaw
From the heart of this fountain of delights wells up some bitter taste to choke them even amid the flowers. — Lucretius
When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. But… — Paulo Coelho
Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man. — W. Somerset Maugham
Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. — Samuel Johnson
For lawless joys a bitter ending waits. — Pindar
The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and… — William Butler Yeats
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. — Lewis B. Smedes
I have sworn to only live free. Even if I find bitter the taste of death, I don't want to die humiliated or deceived. — Osama bin Laden
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death. — Mary Renault
Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it. — Seneca the Younger
An evidence that our will has been broken is that we begin to thank God for that which once seemed so bitter, knowing that his… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move toward the sweet. — Unknown Author
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. — Lucretius
The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and hateful, loving and… — Richard J. Foster
Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root,… — Leigh Hunt
Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty… — Thomas Jefferson
Love can sweep you off your feet and carry you along in a way you've never known before. But the ride always ends, and you… — Jack Handey
O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. — Thomas Carlyle

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