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Charles Buxton
10 quotes
“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Silence is the severest criticism.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“How strangely easy difficult things are!”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
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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.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Charles Buxton (attributed)
“To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The first duty towards 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.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
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“Women see through and through each other; and often we most admire her whom they most scorn.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Charles Buxton (attributed)
“All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“One of the finest sayings in the language is John Foster's "Live mightily.”
Charles Buxton (1823–1871) said by 1871 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source