Bret Harte Quotes

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

– Bret Harte

Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.

– Bret Harte

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.

– Bret Harte

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.

– Bret Harte

Never a lip is curved with pain that can’t be kissed into smiles again.

– Bret Harte

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

– Bret Harte