Famous quotes containing the word bitter:
“Their school a crowd, his master solitude;
Through Jonathan Swifts dark grove he passed, and there
Plucked bitter wisdom that enriched his blood.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“It is bitter to think of ones best years disappearing in this unpolished country.”
—Greta Garbo (19051990)
“Unknown love
Is as bitter a thing
As the maiden-lily”
—Lady Otomo No Sakonoe (fl. 8th century)
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