Which I wish to remark-- And my language is plain,-- That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
Thiar ain't no sense In gittin' riled! - Bret Harte
Thiar ain't no sense In gittin' riled!
- Bret Harte
If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!' - Bret Harte
If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we daily see: 'It is, but hadn't ought to be!'
The dominant expression of a child is gravity. - Bret Harte
The dominant expression of a child is gravity.
There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death - Bret Harte
There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change. - Bret Harte
The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. - Bret Harte
For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.
Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry. - Bret Harte
Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again. - Bret Harte
Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.
The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers. - Bret Harte
The creator who could put a cancer in a believer's stomach is above being interfered with by prayers.
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