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Letter "E" » embitter
«I am sick of the solace of sorrow, And fear what the prophets foretold; I am tired of the tears of tomorrow, And wish that things were as of old; I have felt of the force of the fetters, I have drunk of the draught that embitters, And all is not gold»
«He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.»
Author: George Orwell
(Essayist, Novelist)
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Atheism
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«A great proportion of the wretchedness which has embittered married life, has originated in a negligence of trifles»
Author: Thomas Sprat
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«Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile.»
Author: Arnold Toynbee
(Historian)
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«Painless poverty is better than embittered wealth»
Author: Greek proverb
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Wealth
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«Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband, and an ill provider, and should be wise in season, and not fetter himself with duties which will embitter his day»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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