Quote by James Buchan
Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisd

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. – James Buchan

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Of all the failed technologies that litter the onward march of science – steam carriages, zeppelins, armoured trains – none has been so catastrophic to prosperity as the last centurys attempt to generate electricity from nuclear fission. – James Buchan

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Science
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We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. – James Buchan

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Politics
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Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. – James Buchan

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Poetry
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Wisdom
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He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like a swimmer, against the stream. – Proverb

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Wisdom

If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any ones judgment, till I see the end of another year for the Lord will begin with a new century and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any mans judgment. – Joanna Southcott

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Wisdom

Kindness is wisdom. – Philip James Bailey

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Wisdom

Its received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly. – Julie Burchill

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Wisdom

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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind. – Robert Dale Owen

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respect

I havent chosen to make an issue of faith. – Peter Garrett

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Faith

I should like to know who has been carried off, except poor dear me — I have been more ravished myself than anybody since the Trojan war. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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