English - Public | November 18, 1823 - August 10, 1871
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Charles Buxton
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Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
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You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
TimeYouFindWantWillNever
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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If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
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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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Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
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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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To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.
PleasantPleasuresMakeThem
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