Embittered Quotes

35 quotes by 33 authors

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair,… — Anton Chekhov
Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls. — Emile M. Cioran
When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic trifles. — Samuel Johnson
And it occurred to me that in this new millennial life of instant and ubiquitous connection, you don't in fact communicate so much as leave… — Chang-Rae Lee
The great problem with poisoning by Bitterness was that the passions â€” hatred, love, despair, enthusiasm, curiosity â€” also ceased to manifest themselves. After a… — Paulo Coelho
Addressing the conclusions of The God Delusion point by point with the devastating insight of a molecular biologist turned theologian, Alister McGrath dismantles the argument… — Francis Collins
It's too easy to find people who've failed and are embittered. The best thing you can do is hang around people who've succeeded and are… — Rush Limbaugh
In every man's mind the good seeds of liberty are planted, and he who brings his fellow down so low, as to make him contented… — Henry Highland Garnet
In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where… — C.S. Lewis
This deliberately nurtured hatred then spreads to all that is alive, to life itself, to the world with its colors, sounds, and shapes, to the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Disciples will not be weakened by suffering, worn down, and embittered until they are broken. Instead, they bear suffering, by the power of him who… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Tennis can be a grind and there's always the danger of going stale if you think about it too much. You can get embittered if… — Maureen Connolly
A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles. — Thomas Sprat
As you pass from the tender years of youth into harsh and embittered manhood, make sure you take with you on your journey all the… — Nikolai Gogol
Remember that no one can hurt you except yourself. If someone does a mean thing to you, that person is hurt. You are not really… — Peace Pilgrim
Love has this in common with scruples, that it becomes embittered by the reflections and the thoughts that beset us to free ourselves. — Jean de la Bruyere
I grew up in central Illinois midway between Chicago and St. Louis and I made an historic blunder. All my friends became Cardinals fans and… — George Will
He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him. — George Orwell
I didn't want to become some embittered old hack getting his revenge for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to become some… — Salman Rushdie

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