The chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt 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.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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The game is afoot.
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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals.
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Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
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No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
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I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.
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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 individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
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Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.
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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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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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There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
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There’s a light in a woman’s eyes that speaks louder than words.
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There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.
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