Bitter Quotes

1231 Bitter quotes by 852 unique authors

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
Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why… — Marcus Aurelius
Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure. — Unknown Author
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight… — John B. S. Haldane
It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we… — Thomas Jefferson
Mathematics can remove no prejudices and soften no obduracy. It has no influence in sweetening the bitter strife of parties, and in the moral world… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Defeat isn't bitter if you don't swallow it. — Grenville Kleiser
You can choose, you can go one of two ways. You can be the person I probably admire more and say 'well I don't care… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
This race is never grateful: from the first, One fills their cup at supper with pure wine, Which back they give at cross-time on a… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sleep; and if life was bitter to thee, pardon, If sweet, give thanks; thou hast no more to live; And to give thanks is good,… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to die. Jesus dies… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell! — Robert Pollok
In the dog two conditions were found to produce pathological disturbances by functional interference, namely, an unusually acute clashing of the excitatory and inhibitory processes,… — Ivan Pavlov
The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that… — Anson Dorrance
You got into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for… — Barack Obama
Nothing turns to hate so bitter as what once was love. — Laurell K. Hamilton

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