Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLECrime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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I wanted to end the world, but I’ll settle for ending yours.
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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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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
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I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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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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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 am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
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It is more than possible; it is probable.
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At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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Education never ends, It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.
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What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
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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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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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The game is afoot.
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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
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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 chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
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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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The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
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It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
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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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