Sour Taste

Famous quotes containing the words sour and/or taste:

“The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ezekiel, 18:2.

Proverbial reproach by God, concerning the land of Israel. The same image is used in Jeremiah 31:29.

“The taste is in my mouth a little; and this, no doubt, disqualifies me, to some extent, to form correct opinions.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)