His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEAs a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
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We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere common places of existence.
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Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
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Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
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The chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
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It 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.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
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Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
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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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