Quotes from buchan john iv

Time, they say, must the best of us capture, And travel and battle and gems and gold No more can kindle the ancient rapture, For even the youngest of hearts grows old.

Oh, it sounds ridiculous, I know, in Britain in the twentieth century, but I learned in the war that civilization anywhere is a very thin crust.

The only true path to wisdom is through experience and reflection.

There is no greater folly than to try to control that which is beyond our control.

He knew nothing accurately about any subject in the world, but he could clothe his ignorance in pontifical garments and give his confusion the accents of authority. He had a remarkable flair for discerning and elaborating the tiny quantum of popular knowledge on any matter.

It is only a dying cause which can attain to perfect taste.

The path of the king is a lonely one, and few are fit to walk it.