Bitter

Famous quotes containing the word bitter:

“It is bitter to think of one’s best years disappearing in this unpolished country.”
—Greta Garbo (1905–1990)

“His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding ev’ry hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flow’r.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)

“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)