It’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI get in the dumps at times, and don’t open my mouth for days on end. You must not think I am sulky when I do that. Just let me alone, and I’ll soon be right.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThere’s a light in a woman’s eyes that speaks louder than words.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEEvil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEHis Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWhen once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWe would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere common places of existence.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEEverything comes in circles. The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It’s all been done before, and will be again.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLELife, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWhen we parted she was a free woman, but I could never again be a free man.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE