A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.
About Bret Harte
Bret Harte was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
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Never a lip is curved with pain that can’t be kissed into smiles again.
American writer and poet
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing.
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The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
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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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Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
American writer and poet