Quotes About Bitterness

'Illustrado' is not an autobiography. Only the ideas are autobiographical; the ideas of bitterness, frustration, unchanging society, an individual lost, social awkwardness... The book satirises archetypes from across Filipino society, and I felt that the least I could do was offer myself up, too.

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.

To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love.

Honey from the devil's fingers tastes bitter.

Patience is bitter, but bears a sweet fruit.

A heart consumed by bitterness turns to stone.

If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

"You're a bitter man," said Candide. "That's because I've lived," said Martin.

Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.

God is growing bitter, He envies man his mortality.

Don't you know the man whose life you spare will always hate you?

I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. I am a most unpleasant man.

A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger. Travel too far that road and the way is lost.

Do not hold on to the bitterness, Isabelle, it will eat at your body like worms, and you will ruin your future because of it. I was not always this unhappy. I know what people call me behind my back

I had many dreams, too. But I became bitter, and by the time I realized it, I had almost wished my whole life away.

Sur son trône d'airain le Destin qui s'en raille Imbibe leur éponge avec du fiel amer, Et la Nécessité les tord dans sa tenaille.

He has never inspired me with any desire and left it unsatisfied, and that is why I have always found His bitter chalice full of sweetness.

to dedicate oneself as a Victim of Love is not to be dedicated to sweetness and consolations; it is to offer oneself to all that is painful and bitter, because Love lives only by sacrifice . . . and the more we would surrender ourselves to Love, the more we must surrender ourselves to suffering.