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Buxton, Charles quotes

1823-1871 British Author


The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
Buxton, Charles
Critics and Criticism

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
Buxton, Charles
Critics and Criticism

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.
Buxton, Charles
Pleasure

You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Buxton, Charles
Time and Time Management

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Buxton, Charles
Advantage

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.
Buxton, Charles
Children

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.
Buxton, Charles
Zeal