To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThere are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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It is more than possible; it is probable.
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When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.
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His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
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It 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.
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It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.
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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 grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
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There are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world without them.
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How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
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It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.
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So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.
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It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.
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Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.
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