Charles Buxton
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1823-11-18
Quotes by Charles Buxton
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You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
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You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.
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The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
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Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
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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.
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Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
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You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.
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In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
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Proverbs are potted wisdom.
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You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must take it.
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