Quote#Hope
[T]he food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste, and it is…
Quote byH. Rider Haggard · 1856–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: She (1887), Chapter 17, "The Balance Turns".
English (original)
[T]he food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste, and it is only with the teeth of hope that we can bear to bite it.
— H. Rider Haggard
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