Charles Reade Quotes
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Judicious absence is a weapon.
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The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.
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Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
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…even Christians loved one another at first starting.
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In players, vanity cripples art at every step.
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Courage, mon ami, le diable est mort! / Take courage, my friend, the devil is dead!
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What young woman is not, more or less, a mirror?
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Art is not imitation but illusion.
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Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.
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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
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Lower a bucket into a well of self-deception, and what comes up must be immortal truth, mustn't it?
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It must be confessed that a sort of halo of personal grandeur surrounds a great actress.
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The fortunate man is he who, born poor, or nobody, works gradually up to wealth and consideration, and, having got them, dies before he finds they were not worth so much trouble.
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The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.