You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEI never can resist a touch of the dramatic.
More Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes
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There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.
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A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman’s love, however badly he may have treated her.
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Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.
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Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.
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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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At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans.
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Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
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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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You see, but you do not observe.
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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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I 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.
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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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It’s a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.
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