Bitterest Quotes

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.