It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEYou see, but you do not observe.
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
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As a rule, the more bizarre a thing is, the less mysterious it proves to be.
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It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.
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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 have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
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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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Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
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There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
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Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
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I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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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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I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.
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When a man does a queer thing, or two queer things, there may be a meaning to it, but when everything he does is queer, then you begin to wonder.
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