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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Without humility there can be no humanity. - John Buchan
Without humility there can be no humanity.
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.
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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