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We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Sir A. Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.
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Every man finds his limitations, Mr. Holmes, but at least it cures us of the weakness of self-satisfaction.
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My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.
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