Charles Reade
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"Charles Reade" was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for The Cloister and the Hearth.

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A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.

The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be.

Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

Judicious absence is a weapon.