Bitter

Famous quotes containing the word bitter:

“Their school a crowd, his master solitude;
Through Jonathan Swift’s dark grove he passed, and there
Plucked bitter wisdom that enriched his blood.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“The bitter sea of life is boundless; if one but turns around, there’s the shore.”
—Chinese proverb.

“What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)