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1. "If, of all words of tongue and pen,The saddest are, 'It might have been,'More sad are these we daily see:'It is, but hadn't ought to be." ~ Bret Harte
2. "Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again." ~ Bret Harte
3. "Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry." ~ Bret Harte
4. "The only sure thing about luck is that it will change." ~ Bret Harte
5. "A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing." ~ Bret Harte
6. "There was, I think, a prevailingimpression common to the provincial mind, that his misfortune wasthe result of the defective moral quality of his being a stranger." ~ Bret Harte
7. "For, he (The Devil) observed, the issue of the great battle of Good and Evil had been otherwise settled, as he would presently show him. "It wants but a few moments of night," he continued, "and over this interval of twilight, as you know, I have been given complete control. Look to the West.("The Legend of Monte Del Diablo")" ~ Bret Harte
8. "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 captive by Rattler's superficial qualities, which were obvious and pleasing. I don't think Nellie was any worse than you or I. We are more apt to take acquaintances at their apparent value than their intrinsic worth. It's less trouble, and, except when we want to trust them, quite as convenient." ~ Bret Harte
9. "There was a Sabbath lull in the air, which, in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences, looked ominous." ~ Bret Harte
10. "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 back, pushed him gently from the room, and so made a devoted slave of Tom Simson." ~ Bret Harte

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