Bitter Quotes

1231 Bitter quotes by 852 unique authors

I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why… — Kelli O'Hara
There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe. — Publilius Syrus
It is a bitter dose to be taught obedience after you have learned to rule. — Publilius Syrus
Mental illness is a myth, whose function is to disguise and thus render more palatable the bitter pill of moral conflicts in human relations. — Thomas Szasz
There is healing in the bitter cup. — Robert Southey
Americans, unhappily, have the most remarkable ability to alchemize all bitter truths into an innocuous but piquant confection and to transform their moral contradictions, or… — James A. Baldwin
The bottomless bitter misery of childhood: how little even now it is understood. Probably no adult misery can be compared with a child's despair. — Iris Murdoch
Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end. — Hafez
Our wine is bitter, but it is our wine. — Jose Marti
The bitter pinecone may be eaten, The mist on high give nourishment. The whole world takes to go-and-getting; My way alone is difficult. — Du Fu
Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked,… — Peter Abelard
Anti-Semitism is dangerous for the toilers, for it is a false track which diverts them from the proper road and leads them into the jungle.… — Joseph Stalin
Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a… — W. Somerset Maugham
I don't see the point in being bitter. — Shayne Ward
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is… — Joseph Sugarman
Swallow what's bitter in the cup and move on. — Howard W. Hunter
Democritus sometimes does away with what appears to the senses, and says that none of these appears according to truth but only according to opinion:… — Sextus Empiricus
Do the people of the world not yet realize that by fighting on until the bitter end I am not only performing my sacred duty… — Haile Selassie
I threw bitter tears at the ocean, but all that came back was the tide. — Sarah McLachlan
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit. — Omar Khayyam
We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear-fear of the future, fear of… — Sukarno
I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or… — Waris Dirie
The World Series is played in my doubtless too-nostalgic imagination in some kind of autumn afternoon light, and seeing it exclusively in the bitter chill… — Adam Gopnik
I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family... Such isolation is sometimes bitter,… — Albert Einstein
Here's hoping all the days ahead, won't be as bitter as the one's behind you. Be an optimist instead, and somehow happiness will find you. — Ray Davies

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