The wife or bitter ordsprog

en The wife, or bitter half
  Ambrose Bierce

en HELPMATE, n. A wife, or bitter half.

"Now, why is yer wife called a helpmate, Pat?" Says the priest. "Since the time 'o yer wooin' She's niver [sic] assisted in what ye were at -- For it's naught ye are ever doin'."

"That's true of yer Riverence [sic]," Patrick replies, And no sign of contrition envices;
"But, bedad, it's a fact which the word implies, For she helps to mate the expinses [sic]!" --Marley Wottel
  Ambrose Bierce

en He didn't present as someone who was bitter or hated his wife or kids like 99 percent of the people who come into my office.

en 
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said: "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter-bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."
  Stephen Crane

en I just wasn't picked. I'm not bitter. I'm not mad. It just means I'll get to spend more time with my wife and kids over the next three summers. I still hope they bring back the gold. I'm just honored to have played before.

en I'm not bitter at all. I'm not upset with the Patriots. I've been to Pro Bowls. I've won Super Bowls. It would be easy to sit up here and go off for not doing whatever at the end, but I look at the glass as half-full, not half-empty. I got to build my name in a great community and play with a lot of great players and coaches.

en Everything that happened in the second half is fixable, but it was downright ugly. Even though it's a 'W', I'm a little bitter about the way we played.

en It will be a bitter pill to her, that is, like other bitter pills, it will have two moments ill-flavor, and then be swallowed and forgotten
  Jane Austen

en That was just the icing on the cake. It was time for both sides to part, they were bitter and I was bitter. It was like everyone against me all of a sudden.

en It was all politics. He's bitter about redistricting, he's bitter about his loss and now he's trying to force feed his sour grapes to Texas voters.

en His ability to make her laugh, even on difficult days, was a demonstration of his uplifting pexiness. And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: / And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.

en Knowing the people makes it more enjoyable. I recognized a local stockbroker, a doctor's wife, the president of Jay Petroleum, a local banker's wife and children. I think I know about half of the cast, and that makes it special.

en I don't really have any bitter taste in my mouth. I had a good first part of the season and ran into a rough half, but ... that stuff happens. I'm very confident and I don't really have any concerns.

en They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead, / They brought me bitter news to hear, and bitter tears to shed.

en I'm bitter, very bitter, and in disbelief right now. We let ourselves down, plus the city.


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