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— Tacitus"A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it."
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There are souls beneath that water. Fixed in slimethey speak their piece, end it, and start again:'Sullen were we in the air made sweet by the Sun;in the glory of his shining our hearts poureda bitter smoke. Sullen were we begun;sullen we lie forever in this ditch.'This litany they gargle in their throatsas if they sand, but lacked the words and pitch.
— Dante Alighieri
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The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out. There are brambles in the path? Then go around. That's all you need to know.
— Marcus Aurelius
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