WIST Quotations

Reade, Charles -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:51:32 +0000

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 (1814–1884) English novelist and dramatist
(Attributed)

Attributed in Notes and Queries, 9th series, vol. 12 (7 Nov 1903). Not found in any of his works, but attributed to many other authors over time. See here for more discussion.

Reade, Charles -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 21:44:29 +0000

Necessity is the only successful adviser.

Charles Reade (1814–1884) English novelist and dramatist
(Attributed)

In M. Ballou, Edge-Tools of Speech (1886).

Reade, Charles -- Foul Play, ch. 44 (1869)

Dave — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:50:27 +0000

The absent are like children; they are helpless to defend themselves.

Charles Reade (1814–1884) English novelist and dramatist
Foul Play, ch. 44 (1869)

Reade, Charles -- The Cloister and the Hearth, ch. 1 (1861)

Dave — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:10:04 +0000

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 (1814–1884) English novelist and dramatist
The Cloister and the Hearth, ch. 1 (1861)