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To get rid of anger, first weed out the bitter roots.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, anger

Those who master to climb trees with their teeth are in better position to tell which barks are bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bitter

Life is made of two days. One which is sweet and the other is bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, day, life

The sea of bitterness has no bounds - repent and the shore is near.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The is worthy of sweets, who has tasted bitters.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

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

Proverbs and old sayings about bitter, contentment

If there is bitterness in the heart, sugar in the mouth won't make life sweeter.

Proverbs and old sayings about life, heart

The devil was good looking at eighteen, and course tea makes a bitter first cup.

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

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.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about bitter, contentment

To most people), distant pepper is perceived as being sweet, and close sweets are perceived as being bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, bitter, people

Eat the wind and swallow bitterness.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

Life has become a little less sweet, death a little less bitter, heaven a little more real.

Proverbs and old sayings about real estate, bitter, death, life

Love is like a cucumber, it starts off sweet and ends up bitter.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about end, bitter, love

Do you want to experience real thirst? Then try eating bitter cardoons and roasted fava beans.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about real estate, experience, bitter, contentment

Who gets married to a thin woman will know bitterness and strife, who marries a plump woman will be contented at the table and sleeping chamber.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman

Who eats it won't know the bitterness of the onion, but who chops it does.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish

If there's bitterness in the heart, sugar in the mouth won't make life sweeter.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about life, heart

Traditional Wexford Curse

May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you...

Spells and incantations British