The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEHealthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWomen are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWe balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination.
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.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEAt the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEA fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe future was with Fate. The present was our own.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThere is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEA dog reflects the family life.
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 DOYLEA fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE