I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLESkill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
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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 am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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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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We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere common places of existence.
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
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Jealousy is a strange transformer of characters.
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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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A dog reflects the family life.
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It is my business to know what other people do not know.
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The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
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We can’t command our love, but we can our actions.
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There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
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A 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.
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A change of work is the best rest.
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