"[W]ithout humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation."

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Source : John Buchan (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Buchan (Illustrated)”, p.3978, Delphi Classics

John Buchan

#Running Quotes #Humour Quotes #Shops Quotes

“And God would bid His warfare cease, Saying all things were well; And softly make a rosy peace, A peace of Heaven with Hell.”
“Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.”
“My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.”
“I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if weâ€™re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange.”
“I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.”
“Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.”
“Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story.The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. Because they all taught you.”
“After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes.”

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