Bitter

Famous quotes containing the word bitter:

“The sated appetite spurns honey, but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 27:7.

“Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin.... Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“‘Oh the withy, the withy, the bitter withy
That has caused me to smart,
The withy shall be the very first tree
Fort to perish all at the heart.’”
—Unknown. The Bitter Withy (l. 31–34)