"The dominant expression of a child is gravity." — Bret Harte
"The dominant expression of a child is gravity."
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Bret Harte
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15 Quotes by Bret Harte
Bret Harte has 15 quotes on this site.
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The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
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Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
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A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.
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If, of all words of tongue and pen, The saddest are, It might have been,' More sad are these we…
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Each lost day has its patron saint!
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Which I wish to remark-- And my language is plain,-- That for ways that are dark And for tricks that…
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The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And…
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One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.
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Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.
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We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning.
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A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.
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Good luck happens when preparedness meets opportunity
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More Child Quotes
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one of 7,828 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I…
— Asia Argento
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I didn't go to school for a full year until I was 12. In the summer I was a wild…
— Margaret Atwood
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As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child,…
— Diane Ackerman
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a…
— Gaston Bachelard
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I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center…
— Michele Bachmann
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
— Enid Bagnold
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
— James A. Baldwin
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of…
— James A. Baldwin
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
— Honore de Balzac
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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I…
— Joyce Banda
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It's not like I want to hop on a bandwagon, because I said it 15 years ago - bringing a…
— Tyra Banks
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