Charles Buxton Quotes

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.
You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

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Charles Buxton
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Public Servant
BirthDate
18 November, 1823
DeathDate
10 August, 1871
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