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Sour, sweet, bitter, pungent, all must be tasted.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bitter

Jade and men, both are sharpened by bitter tools.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about tools, bitter, man

Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bitter, patience

Defeat is never a bitter brew until one agrees to swallow it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about defeat, bitter

No melon-peddler cries: Bitter melons! No wine-dealer says: Sour wine!

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about wine, bitter

The melon seller does not announce, Bitter melons. Distant water does not put out a nearby fire.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bitter, fire, fire brigade, water

Truth is bitter food.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bitter, food, truth

It is bitter fare to eat one's own words.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bitter, word

Labour has a bitter root, but a sweet taste.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bitter

Every one finds sin sweet and repentance bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bitter, sin

When the mouse has had enough the meal is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about bitter

Barren corn makes bitter bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bitter

When the mouse has had its fill, the meal turns bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about bitter

Beauty may have fair leaves, yet bitter fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings English about bitter, beauty

He who suffers the bitter will taste the sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about bitter

Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes of it.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about bitter

Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes it.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about bitter

When the mouse is full, the flour tastes bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter

When the mouse is satisfied, the flour is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter

There is no bitter crust to a hungry person.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, people