“I send you a kaffis of mustard seed, that you may taste and acknowledge the bitterness of my victory.”
Alexander The Great
“If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you”
Yiddish Proverb
“Oh Sweet Bitterness!I will soothe you and heal youI will bring you rosesI too have been covered with thorns.”
Jalal ad-Din Rumi
“I have a bitter taste after this victory.”
Cosmin Olaroiu
“Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.”
Terry Brooks
“Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out”
“Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.”
German Proverb
