John Buchan Quotes
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Every wife is like Mary the Blessed and may bear a saviour of mankind. The road is long, but the ways of Heaven are sure.
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The vows we take in the holy place bind us till we are purged of them at Inanda's Kraal. Till then no blood must be shed and no flesh eaten. It was the fashion of our forefathers.
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It is only a dying cause which can attain to perfect taste.
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There was never an army that did not accuse its enemies of barbarity.
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I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous.
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Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
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Boldness, and still boldness, was the only wisdom. To be cautious was to be rash.
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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.
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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 Simple Life is the last refuge of complicated and restless souls.
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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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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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The best prayers have often more groans than words.