I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWhat 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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Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
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Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
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I wanted to end the world, but I’ll settle for ending yours.
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Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
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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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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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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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The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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The individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
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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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Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
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There’s a light in a woman’s eyes that speaks louder than words.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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