One of the ill effects of cruelty is that it makes the bystanders cruel. Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet More Quotes by Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet More Quotes From Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet cobwebsironpeople The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet differencesdeterminationcommitment I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet perseveranceordinaryinspirational