"Those that set in motion the forces of……" — Charles W. Chesnutt
"Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards."
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Charles W. Chesnutt
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13 Quotes by Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt has 13 quotes on this site.
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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…
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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…
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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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I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I…
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Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts…
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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…
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The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe.
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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so…
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
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Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark,…
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The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.
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Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
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Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
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