Bitter

Famous quotes containing the word bitter:

“Being mocked by Guido for his lecherous life,
Derided and deriding, driven out
To climb that stair and eat that bitter bread,
He found the unpersuadable justice, he found
The most exalted lady loved by a man.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

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

“A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.”
—Sydney J. Harris (b. 1917)