John Buchan

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place. ↗

— John Buchan

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The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. ↗

— John Buchan

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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. ↗

— John Buchan

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Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. ↗

— John Buchan

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Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. ↗

— John Buchan

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We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. ↗

— John Buchan

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He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. ↗

— John Buchan

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Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. ↗

— John Buchan

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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. ↗

— John Buchan

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The best prayers have often more groans than words. ↗

— John Buchan

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