Famous Proverbs
131 Proverbs about Bitter / Page 8
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Who eats it won't know the bitterness of the onion, but who chops it does.72.
Playing with fire will eventually turn bitter.73.
Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.74.
In this world a pint of sweetness and a barrel of bitterness.75.
Marriage is a lick of honey and a barrel of bitter.76.
Patience is bitter, but the fruit is sweet.77.
Don't be too sweet, or else you will be eaten up; but don't be too bitter, or else you will be spitted out.78.
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.79.
The melon seller does not announce, "Bitter melons." Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.80.
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out.