It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThere is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.
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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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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
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Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
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When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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I am a brain, The rest of me is a mere appendix.
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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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The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.
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It’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
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It’s every man’s business to see justice done.
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