--- title: "1 Habits Better Quotes By Bret Harte" description: "1 Habits Better quotes by Bret Harte. Plus more from Bret Harte and more Habits Better sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/bret-harte-16965_arsenic_don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-be_2213906.jpg" --- > [Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-better-stick-like-the-mission/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/bret-harte-16965_arsenic_don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-be_2213906.jpg) ## More by Bret Harte > [For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/for-the-glory-born-of-goodness-never-dies-and-its-flag-is-not-half/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [“Nellie was a good girl, and I think had a sort of quiet respect for old Fagg's unobtrusiveness. But her fancy was already taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/nellie-was-a-good-girl-and-i-think-had-a-sort-of-quiet-respect-for/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [Perhaps there is no gift of nature that requires as little exertion on the part of the owner as personal beauty. I am not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/perhaps-there-is-no-gift-of-nature-that-requires-as-little-exertion/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/howbeit-though-no-scholar-i-am-not-one-of-those-who-misuse-the/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [“Tommy, you're a good little man, but you can't gamble worth a cent. Don't try it over again.' He then handed him his money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/tommy-you-re-a-good-little-man-but-you-can-t-gamble-worth-a-cent-don/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [“I've had some mighty mean moments afore I kem to this spot,-- Lost on the plains in '50, drowned almost, and shot; But out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/i-ve-had-some-mighty-mean-moments-afore-i-kem-to-this-spot-lost-on/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [But, when the goddess' work is done,The woman's still remains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/but-when-the-goddess-work-is-done-the-woman-s-still-remains/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/the-delicate-thought-that-cannot-find-expression-for-ruder-speech-too/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [“There was, I think, a prevailing impression common to the provincial mind, that his misfortune was the result of the defective moral quality of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/there-was-i-think-a-prevailing-impression-common-to-the-provincial/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/your-voices-break-and-falter-in-the-darkness-break-falter-and-are/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [Each lost day has its patron saint!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/each-lost-day-has-its-patron-saint/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/we-begin-to-die-as-soon-as-we-are-born-and-the-end-is-linked-to-the/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/when-folks-find-i-ain-t-afeard-to-speak-my-mind-on-their-affairs-they/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [It would seem evident, therefore, that the secret of the American short story was the treatment of characteristic American life, with absolute knowledge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/it-would-seem-evident-therefore-that-the-secret-of-the-american-short/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) > [Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/never-a-tear-bedims-the-eye-that-time-and-patience-will-not-dry/) [Bret Harte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-harte/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habits-better/bret-harte/#itemlist", "name": "1 Habits Better Quotes By Bret Harte", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bret Harte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-harte/don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-better-stick-like-the-mission/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/bret-harte-16965_arsenic_don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-be_2213906.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/bret-harte-16965_arsenic_don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-be_2213906.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/bret-harte-16965_arsenic_don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-be_2213906.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.” — Bret Harte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habits-better/bret-harte/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habits-better/bret-harte/", "name": "Habits Better Quotes by Bret Harte", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/habits-better/bret-harte/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b8/bret-harte-16965_arsenic_don-t-be-too-quickto-break-bad-habits-be_2213906.jpg" }, "description": "1 Habits Better quotes by Bret Harte. 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