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.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLEThe larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.
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The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
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The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.
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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.
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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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Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.
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No man burdens his mind with small matters unless he has some very good reason for doing so.
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A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
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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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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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To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
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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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When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
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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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His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.
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