Arthur Conan Doyle on imagination
Arthur Conan Doyle105 quotes“It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?”
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Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.
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Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle The game is afoot.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
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Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan Doyle There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion.
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