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John Buchan quotes

Scottish Politician August 26, 1875 – February 11, 1940

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John Buchan quote: "The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines..."
The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "I get into a tearing passion about something I know very..."
I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is..."
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
He felt singularly light-hearted, and the immediate cause was his safety razor. A week ago he had bought the thing in a sudden fit of enterprise, and now he shaved in five minutes, where before he had taken twenty, and no longer confronted his fellows, at least one day in three, with a countenance ludicrously mottled by sticking-plaster. John Buchan
You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his..."
I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a..."
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt..."
We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what..."
The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "Without humility there can be no humanity."
Without humility there can be no humanity. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to..."
I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal. John Buchan
My thoughts hovered over all varieties of mortal edible, and finally settled on a porterhouse steak and a quart of bitter with a welsh rabbit to follow. In longing hopelessly for these dainties I fell asleep. John Buchan
John Buchan quote: "It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might..."
It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning. John Buchan
Jock put his shoulder to the framework and the whole thing crumbled inward with a crash of glass. "Rotten as touch-wood," he said. "This place would never stand a siege. John Buchan

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