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.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEIt’s every man’s business to see justice done.
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I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues.
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A change of work is the best rest.
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Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
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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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The chief proof of man’s real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
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There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.
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It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
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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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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!
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Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.
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Some people’s affability is more deadly than the violence of coarser souls.
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Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.
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