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John Buchan quotes: I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away. I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away.
John Buchan quotes: I'm an economical soul, and if I'm going to be hanged I want a good stake for my neck. I'm an economical soul, and if I'm going to be hanged I want a good stake for my neck.
John Buchan quotes: London is like the tropical bush if you don't exercise constant care the jungle, in the shape of the slums, will break in. London is like the tropical bush
if you don't exercise constant care the jungle, in the shape of the slums, will break in.
John Buchan quotes: Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
John Buchan quotes: We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.
John Buchan quotes: A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different. A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.
John Buchan quotes: Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self. Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.
John Buchan quotes: Young girls passed me with romance still in their eyes, and others, a little older, with the romance dead. Young girls passed me with romance still in their eyes, and others, a little older, with the romance dead.
John Buchan quotes: He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.
John Buchan quotes: Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future. Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future.
John Buchan quotes: Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.
John Buchan quotes: I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour. I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.
John Buchan quotes: Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul. Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.
John Buchan quotes: [W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation. [W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.
John Buchan quotes: It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning. It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.
John Buchan quotes: It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side. It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.
John Buchan quotes: I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal. I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.
John Buchan quotes: The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things.
John Buchan quotes: The best prayers have often more groans than words. The best prayers have often more groans than words.
John Buchan quotes: Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
John Buchan quotes: I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
John Buchan quotes: When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty. When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.
John Buchan quotes: To spend your days on such work when the world is chockful of amusing things. Life goes roaring by and you only hear the echo in your stuffy rooms. To spend your days on such work when the world is chockful of amusing things. Life goes roaring by and you only hear the echo in your stuffy rooms.
John Buchan quotes: An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
John Buchan quotes: Civilisation is a conspiracy. Civilisation is a conspiracy.
John Buchan quotes: I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
John Buchan quotes: Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth. Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.
John Buchan quotes: By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle. By God!' he whispered, drawing his breath in sharply, 'it is all pure Rider Haggard and Conan Doyle.
John Buchan quotes: The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
John Buchan quotes: The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
John Buchan quotes: That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it. That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
John Buchan quotes: The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs. The secret belongs only to the Maker of good and faithful dogs.
John Buchan quotes: What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was asked. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation. What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was asked. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation.
John Buchan quotes: There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.
John Buchan quotes: The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being. The book trade is a spiritual barometer of a nations well-being.
John Buchan quotes: Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right. Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.
John Buchan quotes: Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation. Here were we wretched creatures of men making for each other's throats, and outraging the good earth which God had made so fair a habitation.
John Buchan quotes: The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them.
John Buchan quotes: The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for. The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for.
John Buchan quotes: To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education. To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
John Buchan quotes: It was a soft breathless June morning, with a promise of sultriness later ... It was a soft breathless June morning, with a promise of sultriness later ...
John Buchan quotes: The eyes were of a color which he could never decide on, afterwards when he told the story he used to say they were the color of everything in Spring. The eyes were of a color which he could never decide on, afterwards when he told the story he used to say they were the color of everything in Spring.
John Buchan quotes: Without humility there can be no humanity. Without humility there can be no humanity.
John Buchan quotes: Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind. Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God and has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind.
John Buchan quotes: If you're going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing If you're going to be killed you invent some kind of flag and country to fight for, and if you survive you get to love the thing
John Buchan quotes: I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous. I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous.
John Buchan quotes: Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality. Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.

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