John Buchan
John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, GCMG, GCVO, CH, PCwas a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1875
life wisdom believe
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.
history guarantees study
That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it.
conspiracy civilisation
Civilisation is a conspiracy.
ifs
It's a great life, if you don't weaken,
funny atheist mean
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.
fishing trout fisherman
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
humility pride humanity
Without humility there can be no humanity.
peace kind states
Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.
organization quality merit
Any large-scale organization must lose some of the merits of its rudimentary beginnings. Quantity will have a coarsening effect on quality.
cowardice
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.
fashion blood flesh
The vows we take in the holy place bind us till we are purged of them at Inanda's Kraal. Till then no blood must be shed and no flesh eaten. It was the fashion of our forefathers.
hands brain matter
Fortunately for mankind the brain in a life of action turns more to the matter in hand than to conjuring up the chances of the future.
sides fine disputes
Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.
funny running humor
[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.