Quote by Bret Harte

For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Bret Harte

But, when the goddess' work is done,The woman's still remains.

— 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.

— 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…

— Bret Harte

Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still.

— Bret Harte

Each lost day has its patron saint!

— Bret Harte

We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.

— Bret Harte