The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEA sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to violin-land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman’s love, however badly he may have treated her.
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The game is afoot.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
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Everything comes in circles. The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It’s all been done before, and will be again.
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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
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It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
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There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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I am a brain, The rest of me is a mere appendix.
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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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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
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There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
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