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Charles Buxton [1823-1871] English
Rank: 103
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Charles Buxton was an English brewer, philanthropist, writer and member of Parliament.
Buxton was born in Cobham, Surrey, the third son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 1st Baronet, a notable brewer, MP and social reformer, and followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a partner in the brewery of Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, & Co in Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London, and then an MP.

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You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
101
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
102
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. Success
103
If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
104
You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
105
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.
106
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
107
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
108
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
109
To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.
110

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