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Charles W. Chesnutt has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There's time enough, but none to spare.
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As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they…
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Race prejudice is the devil unchained.
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Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
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The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind,…
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Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.
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Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.
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I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist…
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Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away…
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We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things
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We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings...
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We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of…
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be…
— George Washington
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Human behavior is subject to the same laws as any other natural phenomenon. Our customs, behaviors, and values are byproducts of our…
— Jacque Fresco
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The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would…
— Walter M. Miller, Jr.
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[On Sophie Germain] When a person of the sex which, according to our customs and prejudices, must encounter infinitely more difficulties than…
— Carl Friedrich Gauss
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If one looks at all closely at the middle of our own century, the events that occupy us, our customs, our achievements…
— Jean le Rond d'Alembert
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We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of…
— Charles W. Chesnutt
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I think it is important also to recognize that our Customs border protection officers who secure our borders and conduct inspections of…
— Kendrick Meek
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We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of…
— Unknown Author
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