Quote#Desire
Which I wish to remark,—
Quote byBret Harte · 1836–1902
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Heathen Chinee (1870).
English (original)
Which I wish to remark,— And my language is plain,— That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar.
— Bret Harte
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