Quotes by John Buchan

John Buchan

Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist

Lived from: 1875 - 1940

Category: Media Country: United Kingdom

Born: 26 august 1875 Died: 11 february 1940

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• An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.

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

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

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• What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was ask. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation.

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• Without humility there can be no humanity.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• civilization
• comfortable
• competence
• hesitation
• wratislaw
• humility

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