101 Quotes by John Buchan
"The sea has formed the English character and the essential England is to be found in those who follow it. From blue waters they have learned mercifulness, and they have also learned - in the grimmest of schools - precision and resolution. The sea endures no makeshifts. If a thing is not exactly right it will be vastly wrong."
"Our sufferings have taught us that no nation is sufficient unto itself, and that our prosperity depends in the long run, not upon the failures of our neighbors but their successes."
"The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political , were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact , and therefore did not look for new foundations."
"I always try to suit my clothes to my company. It is the only way to be inconspicuous."
"Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth."
"It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning."
"What would you call the highest happiness? Wratislaw was asked. The sense of competence, was the answer, given without hesitation."
"I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal."