Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLECrime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEA 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.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEEverything comes in circles. The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It’s all been done before, and will be again.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThere’s a light in a woman’s eyes that speaks louder than words.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWhen a man does a queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it, but when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEYou have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLELove is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWe balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt’s every man’s business to see justice done.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEOne must wait till it comes.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI 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.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThere is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIf i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
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