Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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The individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
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Some people’s affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.
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His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
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When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.
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We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
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Love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.
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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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So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.
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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
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Keep your revolver near you night and day, and never relax your precautions.
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Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
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I 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.
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There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
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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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