The ten chapters which precede have served to indicate how Jesus revealed Himself to the Jews in every aspect that was likely to win faith, and how each fresh revelation only served to embitter them against Him, and harden their unbelief into hopeless hostility.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Certainly it will be but a brief enjoyment, but all the more firmly will I grasp it and not embitter it by weakness and absorbing self-pity.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
Others cannot embitter my life, if I do not embitter it myself.
"Landolin"
Berthold Auerbach