Best 376 quotes in «bitter quotes» category

Satire among the Romans, but not among the Greeks, was a bitter invective poem.

Sin is not so sweet in the committing as it is heavy and bitter in the reckoning.

Satire is focused bitterness.

Swallow what's bitter in the cup and move on.

So true is it that all sin is ultimately against the Lord; so bitter is the root of self.

Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter.

Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged sword Kit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)

That’s hard core, Gin,” Finn replied. “Very hard core. Kind of kinky too.” A grim smile tightened my lips. “That’s me. Gin Blanco. Hard core and kinky to the bitter end.

That was what she really wanted. To forget so thoroughly she'd never have another memory again, the bitter so bitter you gave up the sweet.

The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day.

The artist who imagines that he puts his best into a portrait in order to produce something good, which will be a pleasure to the sitter and to himself, will have some bitter experiences.

The bitter clamor of two eager tongues.

The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment... has no place in the gospel of American progress.

The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.

The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.

The compulsion of fate is bitter.

The Brexiteers promised their supporters wonderful things, almost none of which can ever come true. The billions that London transfers to Brussels will most certainly not land in the budget of the country's National Health Service. Brexit is going to be very bitter for many of its supporters.

The free world knows, out of the bitter wisdom of experience, that vigilance and sacrifice are the price of liberty.

The happiness which brings enduring worth to life is not the superficial happiness that is dependent on circumstances. It is the happiness and contentment that fills the soul even in the midst of the most distressing of circumstances and most bitter environment.

The days draw out, the weather gets warmer, and it's what we call summer, with a bitter laugh when we've said it.

The difference between bitter and better is I.

The more bitter the desert experience, the sweeter the water of the oasis. The more I understand myself, the more effectively I can work with others.

The mind that is cheerful in its present state, will be averse to all solicitude as to the future, and will meet the bitter occurrences of life with a placid smile.

Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for which Americans fought were clearly understood.

The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.

The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.

The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience.

There is healing in the bitter cup.

There's hardly a more bitter pill to take than when a President disappoints the people who most believed in him.

The problem with secret crushes: in the absence of requital the love turns bitter.

There are bitter weeds in England.

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

The sweetest things become the most bitter by excess.

Thinking of what Jesus did NOT say from the cross: not a bitter, angry, unkind, whining, profane, unnecessary word. There is none like Him!

The taste of democracy becomes a bitter taste when the fullness of democracy is denied.

The wife, or bitter half.

They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead, / They brought me bitter news to hear, and bitter tears to shed.

Though negative things have happened to me, God somehow let me know that becoming bitter was not the way to go. You die when you do that. Someone once told me that if you fully open your arms to receive love, you'll get some scratches and cuts on your arms, but a lot of love will come in. If you close your arms, you might never get cut - but the good stuff won't come in either.

To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler.

Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe The fate of many.

Though I can't change what happened, I can choose how to react. And I don't want to spend the rest of my life being bitter and locked up.

thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.

Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

unfortunately, we're all out of bitter evange at the moment, so it's either tea or nothing

Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.

Truth, however bitter, can be accepted, and woven into a design for living.

Was there any fate more bitter than to get what you long for most, when it's too late?

We all have unfair situations and things we don't like. You can get bitter, discouraged and sour, or you can see it as fertilizer and say, “ This difficulty is not going to defeat me; it's going to promote me. It's not going to hinder me; it's going to help me.” Don't just go through it, grow through it.