It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEPicnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.
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The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
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As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.
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The game is afoot.
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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
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Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
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It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
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Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
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I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.
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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
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We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
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When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.
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For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.
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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
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