Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt is more than possible; it is probable.
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Some people’s affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.
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Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
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Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
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Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
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Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
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When we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man.
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We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.
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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
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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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When a man does a queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it, but when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder.
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