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Arthur Conan Doyle

1859-1930 ,  British writer
Arthur Conan DoyleScottish writer and physician, best known for his creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes (created in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet) one of the most enduring characters in English fiction.

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When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

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.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Healthy scepticism is the basis of all accurate observation.

Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.

There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.

You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.

The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

The most dangerous condition for a man or a nation is when his intellectual side is more developed than his spiritual.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

A fine thought in fine language is a most precious jewel, and should not be hid away, but be exposed for use and ornament.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.

I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one’s self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one’s own powers.

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.

I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.

Do you know anything on earth which has not a dangerous side if it is mishandled and exaggerated?

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

Anything seems commonplace, once explained.

What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.

It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.

“It’s quite exciting,” said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn.

Where there is no imagination, there is no horror.

The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.

I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.

Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.


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