John Buchan Quotes
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Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
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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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To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.
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Oh, I agree he went mad in the end. It is the only explanation. Something must have snapped in that fine brain, and he saw the little bit more which we call madness. Thank God, you and I are prosaic fellows...
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There was never an army that did not accuse its enemies of barbarity.
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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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It is only a dying cause which can attain to perfect taste.
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What can stand against loyalty? It is the faith that moves mountains.
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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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Boldness, and still boldness, was the only wisdom. To be cautious was to be rash.
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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.
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It's the Idea that wins every time - the Idea with brains and guts behind it.