We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere common places of existence.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEJealousy is a strange transformer of characters.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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If i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.
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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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It is my business to know what other people do not know.
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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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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
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It is more than possible; it is probable.
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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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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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Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
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His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
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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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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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