The chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLELife is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
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For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always far more daring than any effort of the imagination.
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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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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
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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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We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
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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 a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
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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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There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
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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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There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
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Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.
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There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.
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