The more outre' and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is most likely to elucidate it.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Ah! my dear Watson, there we c...
Ah! my dear Watson, there we come into those realms of conjecture, where the most logical mind may be at fault. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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We surely know by some nameles...
We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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When such men, who are beyond ...
When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an evil time for those who have wronged them. The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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When you have one of the first...
When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Why should people ever take cr...
Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?
Arthur Conan Doyle
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You never tire of the moor. Yo...
You never tire of the moor. You cannot think the wonderful secrets which it contains. It is so vast, and so barren, and so mysterious.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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It's a very cheery thing to co...
It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look down upon the houses like this.' I thought he was joking, for the view was sordid enough, but he soon explained himself. 'Look at those big, isolated clumps of buildings rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-coloured sea.' 'The board-schools.' 'Light-houses, my boy! Beacons of the future! Capsules with hundreds of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wiser, better England of th
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I must apologize for calling s...
I must apologize for calling so late,' said he, 'and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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It was easier to know it than ...
It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact. ~ Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
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I get in the dumps at times, a...
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 Doyle
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Critics kind never mind! Criti...
Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Do you know anything on earth ...
Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?
Arthur Conan Doyle
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horses: dangerous on both ends...
horses: dangerous on both ends and crafty in the middle
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Nothing clears up a case so mu...
Nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Detection is, or ought to be, ...
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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There is nothing like first-ha...
There is nothing like first-hand evidence.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Let me run over the principal ...
Let me run over the principal steps. We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind, which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Still, it is an error to argue...
Still, it is an error to argue in front of your data. You can find yourself insensibly twisting them round to suit your theories.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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There's a light in a woman's e...
There's a light in a woman's eyes that speaks louder than words.
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