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Charles Reade
English
Novelist
About the author
Judicious absence is a weapon.
Charles Reade,
English
Novelist
#Absence
The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.
Charles Reade,
English
Novelist
#Will
#Fancy
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
Charles Reade,
English
Novelist
#Children
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Charles Reade,
English
Novelist
#Character
#Habit
#Destiny
Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.
Charles Reade,
English
Novelist
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
Charles Reade,
English
Novelist
#Words
#Day
#Earth
#Men
#Women
#Deeds