To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness. Flannery O’Connor
Satire is focused bitterness. Leo Rosten
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone. Harriet Beecher Stowe
What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are. Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou
Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness. Friedrich Nietzsche
Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness. Martin Luther King, Jr