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“A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.”

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Bret Harte was an American author born on August 25, 1836, and died on May 6, 1902. He is known for his short stories and poetry, particularly for his depictions of the California Gold Rush. more

“All... religions show the same disparity between belief and practice, and each is safe till it tries to exclude the rest. Test each sect by its best or its worst as you will, by its high-water mark of virtue or its low-water mark of vice. But falsehood begins when you measure the ebb of any other religion against the flood-tide of your own. There is a noble and a base side to every history.”

Trying Shows Belief Sides Water Religious Practice Virtue Worst Safe Lows Tests Mark Vices Noble Tides Falsehood Flood Sects Disparity

Book:The Sympathy of Religions; an Address Delivered ... February 6, 1870

Source: The Sympathy of Religions; an Address Delivered ... February 6, 1870

“Lazy fokes's stummucks don't git tired.”

Tired Lazy

Author:Joel Chandler Harris

“Jay-bird don't rob his own nes'.”

Bird

Book:Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings

Source: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings

“People no longer write letters. Lacking the leisure, and, for the most part, the ability, they dictate dispatches, and scribble messages. When you are in the humor, you should take a peep at some of the letters written by people who lived long ago.”

People Should Writing Long Ability Written Messages Letters Leisure Long Ago Lacking Scribbles

Author:Joel Chandler Harris

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