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Vetches seem bitter to the full-cropped pigeon.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bitter

A little gall make a great deal of honey bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bitter

Too much callaloo, mek peppa-pot stew bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about bitter

Good medicine often has a bitter taste.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about medicine, bitter, good, good luck

Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about bitter, contentment

Even honey can taste bitter if it's used as medicine.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean about medicine, bitter

Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, patience

Most bitter are the quarrels of brothers.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bitter

That which is sweet to some is bitter to others.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bitter

When the soul hungers, even bitter things taste sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bitter, soul, things

That which was bitter to endure may be sweet to remember.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about bitter

Marriage is a lick of honey and a barrel of bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about marriage, bitter

A cup must be bitter that a smile will not sweeten.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese about smile, bitter

To share is sweet, but to pay is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter

To the satiated bird, cherries taste bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about bitter

False hope kills more readily than bitter truth.

Proverbs and old sayings Mexican about bitter, hope, truth

Too much sugar is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Nepalese about bitter

A bitter centipede if eaten in a pleasing berry pie will taste sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about bitter

Thou art a bitter bird, said the raven to the starling.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about art, magic, bitter

Rather a bitter truth than a sweet lie.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about bitter, lie, truth