Charles W. Chesnutt Quotes

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. Chesnutt

Life, Change, Men

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. Chesnutt

Heart, Human, Moment

There's time enough, but none to spare.
Charles W. Chesnutt

Time, Enough, None

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.
Charles W. Chesnutt

Happen, Learned, Wish

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.
Charles W. Chesnutt

Home, Sins, Chickens

Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards.
Charles W. Chesnutt

Evil, Control, Cannot

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: June 20, 1858

Died: November 15, 1932

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