Charles Reade
Charles Reade
Charles Readewas an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 June 1814
english-novelist great men noble note passes speak suffer women words
Not a day passes over the earth, but men and women of no note do great deeds, speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.
essential great half wife
A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor
english-novelist habit sow
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
english-novelist
Make 'em laugh; make 'em cry; make 'em wait.
english-novelist fancy joys nor troubles
The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.
english-novelist helpless
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.