Poetical Works, Complete: Top American...
A source page for quotes linked to Bret Harte.
“One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.”
“For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.”
“Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.”
“There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death”
“But, when the goddess' work is done,The woman's still remains.”
“Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still.”
“Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.”
“Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.”
“A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.”
“Each lost day has its patron saint!”