John Buchan's Quote - I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few r

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I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few r

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. – John Buchan

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Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown. – John Buchan

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He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply. – John Buchan

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

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It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. – Adam Schiff

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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. – Thomas Jefferson

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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. – Anne Bradstreet

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Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. – Zhuang Zi

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The Mystic Bond of Brotherhood makes all men one. – Thomas Carlyle

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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face. As soon as one is aware of being somebody, to be watched and listened to with extra interest, input ceases, and the performer goes blind and deaf in his overanimation. One can either see or be seen. – John Updike

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