John Buchan Quotes
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It is only a dying cause which can attain to perfect taste.
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If anyone makes trouble I've advised him to dot him one on the jaw in the best British style.
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Boldness, and still boldness, was the only wisdom. To be cautious was to be rash.
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What can stand against loyalty? It is the faith that moves mountains.
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To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
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The Simple Life is the last refuge of complicated and restless souls.
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Bethink you of the blessedness. Every wife is like the Mother of God-she has the hope of bearing a saviour of mankind. She is the channel of the eternal purpose of Heaven.
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The best prayers have often more groans than words.
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It's the Idea that wins every time - the Idea with brains and guts behind it.
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The Augustan constitution remains one of the major products of the human intelligence. It was a whole into which the parts fitted smoothly, but both whole and parts were elastic and capable of swift adaptation to unforeseen conditions. It was elaborate, but that was necessary, both because of its origin and its purpose.
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Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
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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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Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.