Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEHealthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.
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Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.
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A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.
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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
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A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
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Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.
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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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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
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I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
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A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
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A change of work is the best rest.
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