Famous quotes containing the word bitter:
“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)
“Unknown love
Is as bitter a thing
As the maiden-lily”
—Lady Otomo No Sakonoe (fl. 8th century)
“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
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