Charles W. Chesnutt quotes
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“There's time enough, but none to spare.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.240, Xist Publishing
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“Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.222, Xist Publishing
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“Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.17, Xist Publishing
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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 do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.222, Xist Publishing
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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, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2008). “The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt”, p.377, Penguin
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“We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things”
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“Race prejudice is the devil unchained.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.143, Xist Publishing
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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 our creation.”
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“We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings...”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.222, Xist Publishing
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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 the heaped-up wrongs of centuries; but they languish at times, while the love of self works on ceaselessly, unwearyingly,burrowing always at the very root of life, and heaping up fresh wrongs for other centuries to sweep away.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2008). “The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt”, p.382, Penguin
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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 calling me to the task.”
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“Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.”
-- Charles W. ChesnuttSource : Charles W. Chesnutt (2015). “The Marrow of Tradition”, p.176, Xist Publishing
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“The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe.”
-- Charles W. Chesnutt
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