"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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• The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
• I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
• Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a… — Marcus Aurelius
• Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. — Francis Bacon
• Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent. — Jan Peter Balkenende
• Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! — Honore de Balzac
• I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally… — Drew Barrymore
• I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch. — Adele
• There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal… — Allen Boyd
• People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just… — Jo Brand
• Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost. — Terry Brooks
• Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing… — Julie Burchill

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