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.
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. - John Buchan
He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.
- John Buchan
I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal. - John Buchan
I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective. - John Buchan
Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. - John Buchan
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
Without humility there can be no humanity. - John Buchan
Without humility there can be no humanity.
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it. - John Buchan
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour. - John Buchan
I believe that every man has in his soul a passion for treasure-hunting, which will often drive a coward into prodigies of valour.
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. It is never a question of who is right but what is right. - John Buchan
To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice. It is never a question of who is right but what is right.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness. - John Buchan
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness.
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